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
DimensionsMax L: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Max W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 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
1980.733
Not on View
DescriptionSmall fragment of rim and side of ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; vestiges of a fairly straight side, curving obliquely downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white rods around a central purple and opaque white spiral. On the exterior, widely spaced narrow 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 golden-brown ground with opaque white rods around a central purple and opaque white spiral.
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. 297, pp. 280-281, 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
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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
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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