Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Syria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); W: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; wheel cut from a cast blank
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.450
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow bowl made from colorless glass with a pale green tinge. The upright rim has a rounded edge. The side curves convexly, leading to a slightly concave bottom. The interior is decorated with three narrow horizontal grooves: one below the rim and two forming a band at mid-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. 245, p. 268, repr. (col.) p. 213.
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
Probably 2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
about 9th-10th century
probably 2nd century BCE
Early to mid-1st century CE
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