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: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Max W: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Original Diam: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 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 of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.756
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white and golden-brown spiraling threads of varying widths; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with four parallel blue threads set among four thin threads of opaque white. On the exterior, vestiges of the tops of two rounded ribs; the ribs extend to the upper body.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white and golden-brown spiraling threads of varying widths; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with four parallel blue threads set among four thin threads set among four thin threads of opaque white.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white and golden-brown spiraling threads of varying widths; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with four parallel blue threads set among four thin threads set among four thin threads of opaque white. On the exterior, vestiges of the tops of two rounded ribs; the ribs extend to the upper 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. 256, p. 270, 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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