archaicwonder:Roman Ribbed Glass Bowl, 1st Century ADThe first examples of ribbed bowls date back to
archaicwonder:Roman Ribbed Glass Bowl, 1st Century ADThe first examples of ribbed bowls date back to the second quarter of the 1st century BC; from the middle of that century, the shape suffered a minor variation, with the adoption of a flatter or slightly convex bottom, which made the vessel more stable. Their production increased considerably from the late Hellenistic period on and continued during the 1st century of the Empire with a very elaborate typology and various dimensions. The most common colors were first orange-brown, aubergine and, more rarely, cobalt blue; these were gradually replaced by a simple transparent glass with light blue, dark or pale green reflections around the mid-1st century AD, when the taste for bright colors became old-fashioned. These bowls were largely used as tableware across the Mediterranean world, from Italy to the more western and northern colonies of the Empire, from the Aegean to the Levant. This wide distribution suggests that they were produced in Italian and Syro-Palestinian workshops. -- source link
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