Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 in. (2.6 cm); Original Diam: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections 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
1980.422
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim, side, and bottom of broad, shallow dish. Outsplayed rim and side with rounded edge; flat or slightly convex bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a blue-green ground with opaque white lines radiating from a central opaque yellow circle (appearing green); the second in a blue-green ground with opaque yellow lines (appearing green) radiating from a central blue-green rod. A blue-green network cane wound spirally with an opaque white 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. 197, p. 201, repr. (col.) p. 181 (int).2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Probably 2nd 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 second century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
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