Fragment of Plate
Fragment of Plate
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateProbably late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 3/8 in. (1 cm); Original Diam: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumBlack obsidian glass; cast, rotary-polished and cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1713
Not on View
DescriptionEngraved with floral scroll work.
Fragment of rim and side of large, shallow plate. Cobalt blue. Outsplayed rim with upturned, rounded edge; shallow convex side. On the exterior of the rim, a cut floral pattern with curvilinear stems, leaves, and three-petaled flowers; at the junction of the rim and the side, a narrow horizontal cut ridge, with a corresponding horizontal groove on the underside, also at the junction of the rim and side.
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. 617, p. 342.Probably late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Probably late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 4th century BCE
Probably 1st century BCE, possibly later
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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