Glass beaker or lamp

4th century CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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.

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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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