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 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
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown and blue ground with spiraling opaque white threads of varying widths. On the exterior, vestiges of the top of one rounded rib; the rib extends to the upper body.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown and blue ground with spiraling opaque white threads of varying widths.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of a single cane in a golden-brown and blue ground with spiraling opaque white threads of varying widths. On the exterior, vestiges of the top of one rounded rib; the rib extends 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 at the junction of the rim and side.
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.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
First century BCE
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