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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsMax H: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Original diam: 7 1/16 in. (18 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 at the junction of the rim and side.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.368
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
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. 258, p. 270, repr. (col.) p. 214.

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