Zarte Rippenschale

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Object Name: 
Fragment of a Ribbed Bowl
Title: 
Zarte Rippenschale
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
perhaps Northern Italy
perhaps Serbia and Montenegro
perhaps Switzerland
Accession Number: 
60.1.6-15
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.8 cm; Rim Diam (estimate): 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25-75
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon B. Sullivan and Monsieur Robert Vignie and Madame Louis C. Cardon
Primary Description: 
Purple translucent glass with white opaque trails; blown, applied. Gather inflated slightly, marvered, and trailed; then inflated further and pinched or blown in mold; and inflated to desired size and shape. Globular bowl. Rim almost vertical, with plain, cracked-off lip; shoulder slopes; wall curves down and in. Narrow horizontal trail or trails wound many times around shoulder and wall; surviving part of wall has three vertical ribs at rather uneven intervals; between ribs, wall is slightly recessed vis-a-vis shoulder, so that shoulder and ribs somewhat resemble an arcade. Rim and wall are very thin (about 0.1 cm); shoulder is slightly thicker. Trails are visible on shoulder and ribs, but not on wall between ribs.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Vignie, Robert, Former Collection
Cardon, Madame Louis C., Former Collection
Sullivan, Mrs. Eldon B., Source
1960
Sullivan, Eldon B., Source
1960
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
multicolored
blue
amber
green

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) p. 205, pl. 764; BIB# 58895

Objects in Set (17)

17 Fragments
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-1
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-2
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-3
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-4
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-5
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-6
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-7
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-8
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-9
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-10
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-11
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-12
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-13
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-14
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-16
 
Fragment of Vessel or Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:60.1.6-17