Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
DimensionsMax L: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Max W: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire polished on the rest of the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.740
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; flaring shoulder; fairly straight side, proceeding diagonally downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral. On the exterior, rounded ribs set vertically on the body; ribs extend to the top of the shoulder.
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. 298, p. 281, repr. (col.) p. 216.1st century BCE - 1st 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
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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