Fragment of ribbon glass
Fragment of ribbon glass
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Dimensions7/8 x 2 3/8 in.
MediumStriped polychrome mosaic. Parallel ribbons of green, yellow, blue, violet and clear glass welded together.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1822
Not on View
DescriptionThe pattern, left to right, consists of a composite cane with a central opaque red length encasing opaque white and outlined in opaque white, flanked by strips of dark blue, also encasing opaque white and outlined in opaque white; and a composite cane wit
DESCRIPTION Fragment of side and bottom of hemispherical bowl. Vestiges of a convex curving side; slightly concave 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.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from lengths of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
Published ReferencesEarly Ancient Glass Catalog # 352.1st 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
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
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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