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
DimensionsL: 3 in. (7.1 cm); W: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm); Original Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
MediumMarbled and pillar-molded mosaic glass; assembled from lengths of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.677
Not on View
DescriptionRibbon mosaic pattern formed from short, rectangular lengths of a single cane in a dark golden-brown ground with parallel wavy opaque white threads.
Two joining fragments of rim, side, and bottom of small ribbed bowl. Short, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; almost flat bottom. On the exterior, rounded tapering ribs set obliquely on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to just beneath 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. 307, p. 282.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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