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. (5.7 cm); Max W: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 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
1980.774
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 three canes: the first in a green ground with opaque light blue rods; the second in an opaque light blue ground with green rods; and the third in a pale opaque celadon-green ground with green segments. On the exterior, a single rounded rib set vertically on the body; the rib extends to upper part of the body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a green ground with opaque light blue rods; the second in an opaque light blue ground with green rods; and the third in a pale opaque celadon-green ground with green segments.
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 three canes: the first in a green ground with opaque light blue rods; the second in an opaque light blue ground with green rods; and the third in a pale opaque celadon-green ground with green segments. On the exterior, a single rounded rib set vertically on the body; the rib extends to 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. 276, pp. 274-275, Repr. (col.) p. 215.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
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
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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