Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
Datemid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Dimensions3 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 15.5 × 0.4 cm)
MediumGlass; sagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.900
Not on View
DescriptionThis bowl was made by softening a disk of glass over a mold (a method called sagging) in the mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE. It has a conical shape, with gently sloping sides and a rounded rim. Decorative grooves were carefully cut into the surface, and polishing gives it a smooth finish. The slight greenish-yellow tint reflects natural impurities in the glass.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 20 no. 3, 1978, pp. 74-75, fig. 9.
Grose, David F., "The Origins and Early History of Glass," in The History of Glass, eds. Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd, 1984, p. 21, ill.
Grose, David F., "Innovation and change in ancient technologies: The anomalous case of the Roman glass industry," in High-technology Ceramics, Westerville, OH, 1986, p. 68, pl. I (col.).
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, Catalog No. 212, p. 204, repr. (col.) p. 182 drawing, p. 411.
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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 early 1st century CE
1st century BCE
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