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 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Max W: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumAssembled 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.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.762
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded to flat edge; convex curving side, bulging outward near the middle. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with spiraling opaque white and golden-brown threads; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with spiraling parallel blue threads set among thin opaque white threads. On the exterior, pronounced tapering ribs set obliquely on the body; the ribs extend to the junction of the rim and side.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with spiraling opaque white and golden-brown threads; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with spiraling parallel blue threads set among thin opaque white threads.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded to flat edge; convex curving side, bulging outward near the middle. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from large rectangular sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with spiraling opaque white and golden-brown threads; the second, represented by a single section, in a purple ground with spiraling parallel blue threads set among thin opaque white threads. On the exterior, pronounced tapering ribs set obliquely on the body; the ribs extend to the junction of the rim and side.
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. 262, 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
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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