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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Glass beaker

Period:: Mid Imperial
Date:: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Glass; blown
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Diam.: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.5819

This artwork is not on display

Description

Colorless.
Rim short and everted, cracked off and ground; indented body with sides expanding slightly downwards and projecting rounded collar below; hexagonal sides to base with central raised circle, forming flattish but slanting bottom.
Cylindrical body has six indentations, curved at top and almost horizontal at bottom, giving body horizontal cross section that appears to be hexagonal.
Complete except for one large chip in rim and cracks in side below; pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior; patches of soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
Provenance

From Cyprus
References

Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5683, p. 512.
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What
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Glass (16,083)

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Where
Roman Empire (5,257)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,219)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.