Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsMax L:4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm); Max W: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Original Diam: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.693
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with a wide opaque white spiral and a second spiral composed of three parallel blue threads set among four thin opaque white threads. On the exterior, narrow, shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, set slightly obliquely on the body; the ribs extend to the upper part of the body.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with a wide opaque white spiral and a second spiral composed of three parallel blue threads set among four thin opaque white threads.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with a wide opaque white spiral and a second spiral composed of three parallel blue threads set among four thin opaque white threads. On the exterior, narrow, shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, set slightly obliquely on the body; the ribs extend to the upper part of the body.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the ex-terior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
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. 252, p. 269, repr. (col.) p. 214.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 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 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 early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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