Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 27/32 in. (4.4 cm); Rim Diam: 4 in. (10.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded, foot tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1394
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Uneven, outsplayed rim with almost flat edge; carinated side, with two convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside slightly convex; outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Rim and body assymetrical. Composite mosaic formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a pale rose-violet ground with nine opaque red rods, each outlined in opaque yellow, surrounding two concentric circles of golden-brown and opaque yellow, around a central opaque white rod. Color of base ring uncertain.
TECHNIQUE: Assembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; applied base ring.
CONDITION: Intact; iridescence and pitting; modern polishing on the exterior.
COLLECTION: Thomas E. H. Curtis.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, nos. 59-63 (5 close parallels dated to "first half 1st century A. D.").
Grose, 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. 509, p. 321.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 90.
Exhibition HistoryOxford, OH, Miami University Art Museum, Glass: Pre-Roman to the Present, November 1980-February 1981.Ann Arbor, MI, Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval Archaeology, Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome, c. 50 B.C. - A.D. 650, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982, p. 30, no. 3.
Columbia, University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, Reopening of European and American Gallery, 1986-1987, [no cat.].
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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
Probably First Half of Third Century
First half of the first century CE
Sixth to early seventh centuries
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