Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, tooled, and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.669
Not on View
DescriptionHemispherical ribbed bowl. Natural pale greenish-yellow, possibly incompletely decolorized. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; thick-walled, convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the exterior, twenty-three rounded ribs, some set vertically, others slightly obliquely on the body; the ribs end at the junction of the side and bottom.
Natural pale greenish-yellow, possibly incompletely decolorized.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, no. 52 (a close parallel dated to "C.A.D. 80-120").
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 239, p. 266, drawing p. 412.
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
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