Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy, most likely found in Rome
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Original Diam: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.745
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side tapering downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral. On the exterior, a single rounded rib set vertically on the body; the rib extends to the upper body.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; almost vertical, straight side tapering downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white spiral. On the exterior, a single rounded rib set vertically on the body; the rib extends to the upper body.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the ex-terior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
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. 254, p. 270, repr. (col.) p. 214.
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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