Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
Date2nd to mid-1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Original Diam: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 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
1980.429
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Outsplayed rim and side with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of four canes: the first in a purple ground with an opaque white spiral around a central golden-brown rod; the second in a golden-brown ground with an opaque white spiral around a central purple rod; the third, represented by a single squarish segment, in a green ground encasing opaque yellow backed by colorless, visible only on the interior; and the fourth, represented by a single squarish segment, in a dark blue ground encasing opaque white and backed by purple, visible only on the interior. A purple 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. 203, p. 202, repr. (col.) p. 181 (int.).
2nd to mid-1st 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
2nd to 1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
probably second century BCE
Probably 2nd century BCE
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