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 in. (5.1 cm); Max W: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 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 of the rim.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.738
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side curving inward and downward below shoulder. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white square surrounding a central opaque white rod. On the exterior, a rounded rib set vertically on the body; the rib extends to the upper part of the body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white square surrounding a central opaque white rod.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side curving inward and downward below shoulder. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white square surrounding a central opaque white rod. On the exterior, a rounded rib set vertically on the body; 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 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. 265, p. 273, 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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