Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely found in Rome
Date2nd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsMax L: 2 in. (5.0 cm); Max W: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections and segments of cane and cast; applied rim; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.419
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim, side, and bottom of broad, shallow dish. Upright rim with rounded edge; straight side proceeding diagonally downward, then curving abruptly inward near the bottom; slightly convex bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of four canes: the first in a purple ground with an opaque yellow spiral around a central blue-green rod; the second in a blue-green ground with an opaque yellow spiral around a central purple rod; the third in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral around a central opaque white rod; and the fourth, all squarish segments, in an opaque yellow ground backed by blue. A purple network cane wound spirally with an opaque yellow thread is attached as a rim.
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. 193, p. 200, repr. (col.) p. 180 (int).Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably 2nd century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
probably second century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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