Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italian, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Original Diam: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 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
1980.749A-B
Not on View
DescriptionTwo joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side, tapering slightly downward. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a cobalt blue ground with widely spaced opaque white rods. On the exterior, the top of a single rounded rib; the rib extends to the upper part of the body.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a cobalt blue ground with widely spaced opaque white rods.
DESCRIPTION Two joining fragments of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side, tapering slightly downward. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a cobalt blue ground with widely spaced opaque white rods. On the exterior, the top of a single 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. 272, p. 274, repr. (col.) p. 215.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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