Fragment of an applied rim of a bowl
Fragment of an applied rim of a bowl
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, or possibly Italy, most likely in Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsMax L: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Max W: 1 in. (2.5 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
1980.447
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Upright rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of two canes: the first in a blue-green ground with an opaque white spiral around a central opaque white rod outlined in opaque yellow; the second, all squarish segments, in an opaque white ground backed by colorless. A colorless network cane wound spirally with a blue-green 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. 192, p. 200, Repr. (col.) p. 180 (int.).Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
probably second century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably 2nd century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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