Glass cup
Small cup.
Colorless with a yellow green tinge.
Outsplayed, thickened, and rounded rim; slightly convex, vertical side, then curving inwards; low, outsplayed tubular ring base, made by folding; slightly pushed-in bottom with pontil scar.
Intact; few bubbles, some glassy inclusions, and blowing striations; dulling, iridescence, and patches of whitish weathering, with soil encrustation around bottom of interior.
Colorless with a yellow green tinge.
Outsplayed, thickened, and rounded rim; slightly convex, vertical side, then curving inwards; low, outsplayed tubular ring base, made by folding; slightly pushed-in bottom with pontil scar.
Intact; few bubbles, some glassy inclusions, and blowing striations; dulling, iridescence, and patches of whitish weathering, with soil encrustation around bottom of interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cup
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Height: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Diameter: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4.9 × 4.9 × 3.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.285
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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