Glass cup

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent greenish yellow.
Vertical rounded and thickened rim; broad, cylindrical neck, slightly tapering downward, with folded tubular flange at base; slender S-shaped profile to body, which curves in at top behind flange, descends almost vertically with slightly convex sides, and then curves in to pushed-in base with trace of pontil scar.
Intact, except for small crack in rim and neck; few bubbles; patches of dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and limy weathering.

Yellow cup with offset rim.

Glass cup, Glass, Roman

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