Dish
Dish
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsRim Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1489
Not on View
DescriptionSmall lens-shaped dish. Upright rim with rounded edge; uneven, shallow, convex curving side; shallow convex bottom. Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two alternating canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a network cane. The pattern, in the following order, consists of a composite cane with two narrow opaque red strips flanked by opaque white lines with a narrow central opaque yellow length, bordered on one side by a blue strip; and a second composite cane with two narrow strips of opaque yellow outlined by opaque white lines, with a central opaque red strip, and with wider green strips on the outside of the cane. A blue network cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread separates each repetition of the composite canes. This pattern is repeated five times over the vessel. The colors of the two composite canes do not penetrate the thickness of the dish but are backed on the exterior by a continuous layer of greenish glass. A blue network cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread is attached as a rim.
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. 359, pp. 293-294, repr. p. 293.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 89.
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
about 1875-1880
Early to mid-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
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-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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