Cameo-glass cup fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue with overlay in opaque white.

Vertical rim with top edge ground flat; narrow sloping collar below rim on exterior; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving side.

On interior, two deep horizontal grooves below rim; on exterior, below plain collar in relief naked male figure in white, facing right, with proper left leg raised and proper right arm also raised with hand near mouth; above his head to right is a hanging leaf; behind him to left is a squared plinth on which stands a small herm of Silenus, naked, armless, and ithyphallic, in profile to right, flanked to either side by leafy sprays. The figure may be identified as a dancing satyr.

Rim fragment with chips and cracks, broken at sides and bottom; dulling, slight pitting, whitish weathering on exterior, and faint iridescence.

Rotary grinding marks on interior.

The fragment depicts a figure facing right and a small statue of Priapus on a pedestal.

Cameo-glass cup fragment, Glass, Roman

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