Fragment of Bowl
Fragment of Bowl
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, or Italy, most likely found in Rome
Dateprobably second century BCE
DimensionsOriginal Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; probably fire-polished on the exterior; cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.450
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of bowl or other vessel. Thick, vertical rim with flat edge; thick-walled side curving obliquely inward and downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white lines radiating from a central golden-yellow rod outlined in opaque yellow; the second in a blue-green ground with opaque yellow lines radiating from a central blue-green rod outlined in opaque white; and the third in a blue-green ground with opaque white lines radiating from a central opaque yellow rod. On the interior below the rim, several discontinuous and irregular horizontal indentations, probably caused by a tool. On the exterior, two narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the edge of the rim, the other around the lower body.
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. 189, p. 199, repr. (col.) p. 180 (ext).probably second century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
2nd century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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