Glass beaker
Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; tall cylindrical body with convex side curving in at bottom; conical base made from separate gather, with hollow splayed foot and knocked-off edge; slight pontil mark on small bottom.
Below rim, single horizontal trail; on lower two-thirds of body, four elongated oval loop trails alternating with four similar trails but pinched in at center forming a figure-of-eight pattern, all tooled out at bottom into projecting hanging swags.
Intact, except for slight chipping of base; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescence on exterior, creamy white weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 5 in. (12.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.311
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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