Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginCompagnia di Venezia e Murano, Venice, Italy
Dateabout 1875-1880
DimensionsH: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.45 cm)
MediumGlass; cast
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1490
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with uneven, rounded edge; convex curving side; uneven, flat bottom. Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of ten canes laid in pairs at right angles in each of four triangular quadrants. At the top of each quadrant, a wedge-shaped length of opaque white encased in colorless; a length of green encased in colorless; a length of opaque yellow encased in colorless; a composite cane with a central green length flanked by strips of purple, each encased in colorless; a length of opaque orangish-brown; a length of blue encased in colorless with a thin opaque white line; a length of opaque white encased in colorless; a length of purple encased in colorless with a thin opaque white line; a length of green encasing opaque yellow encased in colorless; a second length of opaque white encased in colorless; and a length of opaque orangish-brown encased in colorless, with a square section of blue (with an opaque yellow line) as the intersection of the quadrants. A purple network cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread is attached as a rim.
Published ReferencesRichter, G. M. A., "The Curtis Collection of Ancient Glass," Art in America 2, 1914, p. 77, fig. 5.
Eisen, Gustavus A., "Augustan Mosaic Glass," International Studio 79, 1923, p. 288, ill.
Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "The Complexities of Ancient Glass," Apollo, 86, 1967, p. 77, fig. 5.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 123.
Hollister, Paul, "Ribbon Glass Bowls: A Continuing Tradition," Glass Club Bulletin, no. 128, December, 1979, p. 11, fig. 10.
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. 712, p. 394.
Exhibition HistoryGrose, David F., Deceptions in Glass, ex. brochure, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, May 26-June 26, 1977.Late first century BCE to early first century CE
1st century BCE - 4th 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
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
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