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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam (as restored): 7 in. (17.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, tooled and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1467
Not on View
DescriptionThis object consists of eleven joining fragments from the rim, side, and bottom of a large ribbed bowl. It has an almost vertical rim with a flat edge, a convex curving side, and vestiges of a flat or slightly concave bottom. The exterior features widely spaced, broad, rounded ribs set obliquely on the body, extending from the shoulder to the lower part of the vessel. The bowl’s composite mosaic pattern is made from polygonal sections cut from a single cane in a blue ground with numerous opaque white rods. The vessel was mold fused, tooled, and abraded. It was assembled from cane sections and cast, then rotary-polished.
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. 285, p. 277, drawing p. 415.
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
Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to mid-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 mid-first century CE
Bowl
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE

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