Glass cup
Translucent light yellow green.
Outsplayed rim, with rounded, slightly thickened, horizontal lip; funnel-shaped body with gently curving side; hollow folded foot ring at junction of side and bottom; bottom convex around edge but concave at center, with trace of pontil mark.
Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles; slight dulling, much of surfaces covered with creamy iridescent weathering.
Outsplayed rim, with rounded, slightly thickened, horizontal lip; funnel-shaped body with gently curving side; hollow folded foot ring at junction of side and bottom; bottom convex around edge but concave at center, with trace of pontil mark.
Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles; slight dulling, much of surfaces covered with creamy iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title:Glass cup
- Period:Imperial
- Date:1st–early 2nd century CE
- Culture:Roman
- Medium:Glass; blown
- Dimensions:H.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Diam.: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm) - Classification:Glass
- Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number:17.194.92
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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