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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Italian, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Original Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Max Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.45 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
1980.754
Not on View
DescriptionFour joining fragments of rim and side of ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded, out-turned edge; flaring shoulder; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral. On the exterior, evenly spaced rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to below the bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an 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. 299, p. 281, repr. (col.) p. 216.

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