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. (5.6 cm); Max W: 1 3/4 in. (4.8 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
1980.763
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with squarish opaque white rods; the second, all circular sections, in a pale blue ground with radiating opaque white petals, around an opaque white circle with a central opaque white rod. On the exterior, vestige of a single rounded rib; the rib extends to the upper body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with squarish opaque white rods; the second, all circular sections, in a pale blue ground with radiating opaque white petals, around an opaque white circle with a central opaque white rod.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with squarish opaque white rods; the second, all circular sections, in a pale blue ground with radiating opaque white petals, around an opaque white circle with a central opaque white rod. On the exterior, vestige of a single 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 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. 260, p. 272, 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
Second to mid-first century BCE
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
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
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