Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Syria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam: 4 7/16 in. (11.35 cm)
MediumGlass; cast, wheel cut on interior; fire polished on interior and exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.509
Not on View
DescriptionThis Roman glass bowl features raised ribs around its outer surface and fine grooves carved inside. The bowl was shaped by casting, then polished and finished by hand.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Innovation and change in ancient technologies: The anomalous case of the Roman glass industry," in High-technology Ceramics, Westerville, OH, 1986, p. 71, fig. 6.
Grose, 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. 241, p. 266, repr. (col.) p. 212, drawing p. 412.
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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