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: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Max W: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Original Diam: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 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
1980.802
Not on View
DescriptionTwo joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Short, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a blue ground with concentric circles of opaque white and purple around a central opaque white rod, all surrounded by flecks of opaque white; the second, all rectangular sections, in an opaque yellow ground. On the exterior, vestiges of the tops of ribs; the ribs extend to the upper part of the body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a blue ground with con-centric circles of opaque white and purple around a central opaque white rod, all surrounded by flecks of opaque white; the second, all rectangular sections, in an opaque yellow ground.
DESCRIPTION Two joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Short, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a blue ground with con-centric circles of opaque white and purple around a central opaque white rod, all surrounded by flecks of opaque white; the second, all rectangular sections, in an opaque yellow ground. On the exterior, vestiges of the tops of ribs; the ribs extend 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. 158, p. 166, repr. (col.) p. 106.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
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
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