Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
Date2nd to mid-1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm); Original Diam: 6 5/16 in. (16 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
1980.440
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 of three canes: the first in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral; the second in a blue-green ground with an opaque yellow spiral (appearing green); and the third in a blue-green ground with opaque yellow lines radiating from a central blue-green rod outlined in opaque yellow. 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. 202, p. 202, repr. (col.) p. 181 (int).
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably second century BCE
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