Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy, most likely found in Rome
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsMax L: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Max W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumBase ring cast from sections of cane and applied to the bottom of the bowl; rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior; tooling marks on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.898
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of base ring, probably from a deep, footed ribbed bowl. Tall, outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a sin-gle cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white rods.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a sin-gle cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white rods.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of base ring, probably from a deep, footed ribbed bowl. Tall, outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a sin-gle cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white rods.
TECHNIQUE Base ring cast from sections of cane and applied to the bottom of the bowl; rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior; tooling marks 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. 284, p. 277.Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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