Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm); Diam: 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm)
MediumGlass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on the interior and on the rim; possibly rotary-polished on the exterior; cut on the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1468
Not on View
DescriptionThis broad, shallow bowl has an upright rim with a rounded edge, a convex curving side, and a slightly concave bottom. Its surface displays a marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections cut from a single cane in a golden-yellow ground with numerous opaque white rods. On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves are present: two form a band at the junction of the side and bottom, and one small circular groove sits at the center of the base. The bowl was assembled from sections of cane, cast, rotary-polished on the interior and rim, and cut on the interior.
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, Catalog No. 560, p. 330, repr. (col.) p. 234, drawing, p. 429.Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd century BCE
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
probably second century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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