Glass beaker or lamp
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.
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
- 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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