Glass beaker or lamp
Colorless with pale green tinge; translucent blue blobs appearing opaque bluish grey.
Thick rim, cracked off and ground, slightly outsplayed; short, vertical side to top of body, then funnel-shaped; small kick in bottom.
Midway down side an uneven horizontal row of thirteen applied blobs.
Intact, except for a small chip in rim; many bubbles; dulling on exterior, with pitting and whitish weathering on blobs, thick encrustation and weathering on interior above brilliant iridescence.
Conical, with glass patches.
Thick rim, cracked off and ground, slightly outsplayed; short, vertical side to top of body, then funnel-shaped; small kick in bottom.
Midway down side an uneven horizontal row of thirteen applied blobs.
Intact, except for a small chip in rim; many bubbles; dulling on exterior, with pitting and whitish weathering on blobs, thick encrustation and weathering on interior above brilliant iridescence.
Conical, with glass patches.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker or lamp
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and blobbed
- Dimensions: H.: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Diam.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.165
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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