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Glass beaker

4th century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Colorless; translucent cobalt blue and honey yellow blobs.
Uneven vertical rim, cracked off and ground, slightly outsplayed; tall, convex side to body, tapering downwards; concave bottom.
Immediately below rim, a single wheel-cut horizontal line; below, a band comprising two wheel-cut horizontal lines with wheel-abraded lines between them; around middle and lower part of side a band of applied blobs, comprising two irregular horizontal lines of four alternating sets of two blobs of the same color.
Complete, but many internal cracks; a few pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling, faint iridescence, limy encrustation, and weathering.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass beaker
  • Period: Late Imperial
  • Date: 4th century CE
  • Culture: Roman, Rhenish
  • Medium: Glass; blown, blobbed, and cut
  • Dimensions: H.: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
    Diam.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.11.10
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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