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
DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Body Diam: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm); Max L: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Max W: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
MediumPillar-molded, composite, mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.804
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim (edge missing) and side of large ribbed bowl. Vestiges of an upright or slightly outsplayed rim; flaring shoulder; convex curving side, bulging outward below the shoulder. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with opaque white rods around a golden-yellow circle outlined in opaque white, with a central opaque white rod. On the exterior, rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend to the upper body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with opaque white rods around a golden-yellow circle outlined in opaque white, with a central opaque white rod.
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. 286, p. 277.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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