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: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Original Diam: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Max Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.750
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim, side, and basal angle of ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; flaring shoulder; convex curving side; vestiges of a slightly concave bottom. Marbled mosaic pattern with polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a colorless ground with opaque white rods around opaque white and blue concentric circles with a central opaque white rod; the second in a blue ground with opaque white rods around opaque white and colorless concentric circles, with a central opaque white rod; and the third in a colorless ground with opaque white rods around a cluster of six opaque white rods, each outlined in blue, with a central opaque white rod, also outlined in blue. On the exterior, widely spaced narrow but pronounced ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to below the bottom.
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. 293, p. 280, repr. (col.) p. 216.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
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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