Glass beaker
Colorless with pale yellow green tinge.
Thick, outsplayed rim, cracked off and ground; cylindrical body with almost straight side, then curving in; large integral tubular splayed ring base, made by folding; almost flat but uneven bottom.
On body, five horizontal grooves, arranged at regular intervals down vertical side.
One large hole in rim, one chip in exterior edge of rim, and one large crack extending round upper body from hole; pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and patches of whitish weathering.
Thick, outsplayed rim, cracked off and ground; cylindrical body with almost straight side, then curving in; large integral tubular splayed ring base, made by folding; almost flat but uneven bottom.
On body, five horizontal grooves, arranged at regular intervals down vertical side.
One large hole in rim, one chip in exterior edge of rim, and one large crack extending round upper body from hole; pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and patches of whitish weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 2nd half of 1st–early 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
diameter 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.241
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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