Roman ribbed bowl, 1st century AD
Glass
Height: 5cm, diameter: 15.2cm
12627
£ 6,800
Cast in amber and pale green-yellow glass, with 17 pronounced vertical ribs on the exterior. The wall has been ground above the ribs and there are wheel-cut lines on the floor of the bowling at the inside of the lip. A few small areas around the lip show small cracks from impact.
Provenance
Karl Löffler, Cologne, Germany; acquired prior to 1977'The Property of the late Herr Karl Löffler, of Cologne'; Sotheby’s, London, Ancient Glass, 20th November 1987, lot 40
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above
Jonathan Brayne, UK; acquired from the above 7th February 1989
Exhibitions
Römisch-Germanischen Museum, Cologne, Germany, 1976'Kleins' Museum, Römisch-Germanischen Museum, Cologne, Germany, 1982-1986
Literature
Compare S.B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (Yale University, 1980), no.44Publications
P. La Baume and J.W. Salomonson, Römische Kleinkunst Sammlung Karl Löffler, Römische-Germanischen Museum, Cologne (Cologne, 1977), no.662Sotheby’s, London, Ancient Glass, 20th November 1987, lot 40
Charles Ede, Roman Glass XIII (London 1988), no.36
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