Glass beaker
Translucent pale blue green.
Flaring rim, with uneven, cracked-off edge; side expands downwards to prominent hollow bulge, forming carination, then slants inwards; low, solid ring base; low kick in bottom.
Single trail wound unevenly 1½ times around top of body.
Intact; pinprick and large bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering.
Flaring rim, with uneven, cracked-off edge; side expands downwards to prominent hollow bulge, forming carination, then slants inwards; low, solid ring base; low kick in bottom.
Single trail wound unevenly 1½ times around top of body.
Intact; pinprick and large bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Height: 4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm)
Diameter: 3 × 2 1/2 × 1 13/16 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.282
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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