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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
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
Collections
  • Glass
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.

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