Glass cup

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168

Opaque light blue.
Plain unworked vertical rim, with everted, convex curving shoulder below; vertical side to cylindrical body; S-shaped undercurve; low base ring and slightly convex bottom. Three vertical mold seams run down sides through columns from rim to lower ridge, with a separate cup-shaped base section.
On body, continuous central frieze bordered above and below by single prominent horizontal ridges, comprising three vertically-fluted columns with capitals and bases alternating with three disks decorated with radiating swirls; on bottom, base ring surrounding two fine concentric circles around edge and small dot in relief at center.
Intact, but large weathered chip in rim; some pitting, dulling and iridescence, and much of surfaces covered in thick creamy brown weathering.

Glass cup, Glass, Roman

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