Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely in Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsOriginal Diam: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 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
1980.421
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of dish. Vertical rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and rectangular segments of four canes: the first in a purple ground with an opaque white spiral; the second in a blue-green ground with an opaque yellow spiral (appearing green); the third in a colorless ground with an opaque yellow spiral; and the fourth, all rectangular segments, in a opaque white ground backed or encased in colorless. A purple network cane wound spirally with two parallel threads of opaque white and a third of green 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. 194, 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
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
probably second century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably 2nd century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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