Glass beaker or lamp

4th century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent yellow green; blobs in translucent cobalt blue.
Bulging, cracked-off rim; straight side tapering downwards, then slightly outsplayed at base; small circular bottom with central indent.
Three horizontal bands of wheel-abraded decoration: on upper body, a single fine line; a band of three lines above middle of body; and the third band comprising two fine lines just below middle of body. Between the first and second cut bands, a band of applied flattened blobs comprising two large circular blobs on opposite sides with two groups of six and seven smaller irregularly-shaped blobs arranged between them.
Intact; pinprick and a few elongated bubbles; pitting, brown weathering, and slight iridescence.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass beaker or lamp
  • Period: Late Imperial
  • Date: 4th century CE
  • Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
  • Medium: Glass; blown, blobbed, and cut
  • Dimensions: H.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
    Diam.: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.40.15
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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