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 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Max W: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Original diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
MediumAssembled from lengths 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
1980.734
Not on View
DescriptionSmall fragment of rim and side of ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; vestiges of convex curving side. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two alternating canes: the first in a brown ground with opaque white streaks; the second, often at right angles to the first, in a golden-yellow ground with opaque white streaks. On the exterior, widely spaced ribs set obliquely on the body; the ribs extend to the shoulder.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two alternating canes: the first in a brown ground with opaque white streaks; the second, often at right angles to the first, in a golden-yellow ground with opaque white streaks.
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. 294, p. 280, repr. (col.) p. 216.
1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
1st century BCE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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