Glass beaker

Period:
Late Imperial
Date:
4th century A.D.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Glass; blown in a dip mold, trailed, and cut
Dimensions:
H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) diameter 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Accession Number:
81.10.192
  • Description

    Colorless with blue green tinge; foot ring in translucent cobalt blue.
    Outsplayed, knocked-off rim; tall cylindrical body, tapering slightly downwards, then slanting inwards; applied solid foot ring, made by applying trail around edge of bottom; low kick in bottom.
    Side decorated with continuous band of closely spaced shallow ribs in a downward spiral from left to right, extending from below rim to point where body slants inwards; in plain band below rim and above ribs, two horizontal wheel-abraded lines; on slanting lower section of body, a band of two horizontal wheel-abraded lines and then below another single horizontal wheel-abraded line.
    Broken and repaired, with some small holes in lower body; pinprick bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, weathering, and iridescence.

  • Provenance

    Until 1881, collection of Jules Charvet, Le Pecq, Île-de-France; 1881, purchased from J. Charvet by Henry G. Marquand; acquired in 1881, gift of Henry G. Marquand.

  • References

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1881. Twelfth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Association for eight months ending December 31, 1881. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 215-216.

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