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: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Max W: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.801
Not on View
DescriptionTwo joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a blue ground with an opaque white circle surrounded by multiple opaque white rods, with an opaque white rod at its center; the second in a green ground, represented by only a few sections at the rim; and the third, all irregularly shaped sections, in an opaque red ground with opaque yellow segments. On the exterior, a single wide, rounded rib; the rib extends to the upper part of the body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a blue ground with an opaque white circle surrounded by multiple opaque white rods, with an opaque white rod at its center; the second in a green ground, represented by only a few sections at the rim; and the third, all irregularly shaped sections, in an opaque red ground with opaque yellow segments.
DESCRIPTION Two joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a blue ground with an opaque white circle surrounded by multiple opaque white rods, with an opaque white rod at its center; the second in a green ground, represented by only a few sections at the rim; and the third, all irregularly shaped sections, in an opaque red ground with opaque yellow segments. On the exterior, a single wide, rounded rib; the rib extends 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 exterior.
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. 259, p. 272, Repr. (col.) p. 214.
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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