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Eros, God of Love (00:49:32) 817 views
Glass cup with indented sides
Glass cup
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ColorlessBroad, horizontal, tubular rim, folded out, down, and in; cylindrical body with slightly convex sides, then tooled into tubular, integral, flaring base ring; deep groove between base ring and slightly concave bottom with large circular pontil mark.Intact, but one crack from rim slanting down side to base ring; a few pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and patches of white and yellow brown iridescent weathering.
From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Idalion (modern Dali)
Cesnola, L.P. di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Vol. 3, Plates & Text 76-150. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pl. CVI,11.Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5529, p. 510.
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