Glass beaker
Translucent light green; trail in same color (?).
Rounded, slightly thickened rim, with in-turned lip; flaring mouth; elongated body with slightly bulbous, convex-curving side; integral, thick pad base; pushed-in bottom with small pontil scar at center.
Around upper half of body, fine trail applied as a pad and wound round nearly eight times in an irregular spiral, ending at bottomofo underside of mouth.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and patches of flaking, creamy weathering.
Rounded, slightly thickened rim, with in-turned lip; flaring mouth; elongated body with slightly bulbous, convex-curving side; integral, thick pad base; pushed-in bottom with small pontil scar at center.
Around upper half of body, fine trail applied as a pad and wound round nearly eight times in an irregular spiral, ending at bottomofo underside of mouth.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and patches of flaking, creamy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 4 in. (10.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.72
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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