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Not on view
Uncertain color, probably colorless.
Rounded, thickened, and slightly inverted rim with interior lip; cylindrical body, tapering slightly downward, then sloping in sharply to low stem; low, conical base with horizontal tubular edge; kick in bottom, with tooling and pontil mark at center; small circular ring at center of bottom on inside of cup.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; black enamel weathering, pitting, and brilliant iridescence.
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Title: Glass footed cup
Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
Date: ca. 5th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Diam.: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Elias Kempner, 1934
Accession Number: 34.132.45
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