Glass beaker or lamp

Roman

Not on view

Colorless with green tinge; translucent cobalt blue blobs.
Thick, slightly bulging rim, cracked off and ground flat; funnel-shaped body with slightly convex side; concave bottom.
Three horizontal bands of wheel-abraded decoration on body: immediately below rim, a band of two broad lines; another single very broad band, forming a shallow groove on upper body; the third band comprising fine lines on lower body. Between the second and third cut bands, a band of applied blobs in relief comprising three single large blobs alternating with three groups of six smaller blobs arranged in a downturned triangular pattern.
Intact; a few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and patches of limy brown weathering.

Glass beaker or lamp, Glass, Roman

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