The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Glass cup with splayed foot

Glass cup with splayed foot

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Glass cup with splayed foot

Period:: Early Imperial
Date:: 2nd half of 1st century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions:: H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); diameter 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: Museum Accession
Accession Number:: X.21.194

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 168

Description

This cup or chalice bears a similarity to the ribbed bowls also displayed here (91.1.1247, .1346), but the treatment of the rim and the addition of the foot make it a very unusual example of Roman blown glass tableware.
See also
What
Glass (16,037)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Cups (3,861)
Where
Roman Empire (5,259)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.

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