Fragment of Vessel
Fragment of Vessel
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsMax L: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Max W: 1 2/32 in. (2.7 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.35 cm)
MediumGold-band glass; assembled from lengths of cane and cast, rotary-polished on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.12
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of side of bottle, bowl, or other vessel. Convex curving side. Shape uncertain. Gold-band mosaic pattern formed in the following order from serpentine lengths of canes of golden-yellow, purple bordered on one side by opaque white, pale yellow encasing shattered gold leaf, and dark blue.
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. 607, p. 339.Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
First century BCE
First century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Probably 2nd century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Probably 2nd century BCE
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