Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, tooled, and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.671
Not on View
DescriptionHemispherical ribbed bowl. Natural bluish-green. Upright rim with rounded edge; fairly straight side, tapering obliquely downward; flat, slightly uneven bottom. On the exterior, forty-four shallow, close-set, rounded ribs arranged slightly obliquely on the body; the ribs end just below the junction of the side and bottom.
Natural bluish-green.
Published ReferencesGrose, 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. 242, p. 266-267, repr. (col.) p. 211, drawing p. 412.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 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 mid-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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