CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Out of the tradition of Late Hellenistic prototypes, during the Augustan Period, Roman glassmakers in Italy developed distinctive cane patterns, color schemes and vessel shapes, such as the composite mosaic ribbed bowl. The type is most commonly found in Italy or the western provinces, but there are examples found as far as Egypt and other areas of the Eastern Mediterranean. See p. 249 in Grose, Early Ancient Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art.