Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam (as restored): 7 in. (17.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, tooled and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1467
Not on View
DescriptionEleven joining fragments of rim, side, and bottom of large ribbed bowl. Almost vertical rim with flat edge; convex curving side; vestiges of a flat or slightly concave bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with numerous opaque white rods. On the exterior, widely spaced, broad, rounded ribs set obliquely on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to the lower part of the body.
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. 285, p. 277, drawing p. 415.
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-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 mid-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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