Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam: 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (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
1923.657
Not on View
DescriptionThis shallow hemispherical bowl is made of natural light green glass. It has an upright rim with a rounded edge, a smoothly curving convex side, and a convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves are cut in a band just below the rim. On the exterior, two lightly abraded horizontal grooves encircle the lower part, with a small circular abraded groove at the center of the base. The vessel was sagged, rotary-polished on the interior, rim, and top edge, fire-polished on the rest of the exterior, and cut on both surfaces.
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., 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, cat. no. 217, pp. 205-206, repr. (col.) p. 183, drawing, p. 411.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
First century BCE
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