Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, or possibly Italy, most likely in Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); Original Diam: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumAssembled from lengths and 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
1980.435
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Vertical rim with rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side curving inward near the bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from short rectangular lengths of three canes and polygonal sections of a fourth cane: the first in a blue ground with a central opaque white line; the second in a golden-brown ground with parallel opaque white lines; the third in a blue ground encasing opaque yellow (appearing green); and the fourth, all polygonal sections, in a golden-brown ground with seven tiny opaque white spirals surrounding a central opaque white spiral in a blue ground. A blue 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. 191, p. 200, repr. (col.) p. 180 (int.).Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably 2nd century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Probably second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably second century BCE
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