Glass beaker
Bulging rim, cracked off unevenly; tall body with side tapering downwards; low, solid, base ring applied as a coil and flattened underneath; shallow kick in bottom.
On body, three registers of wheel-cut horizontal lines: a single line immediately below bulge; a band of three fine lines on upper body; and another single line two-thirds down side.
Broken and repaired, with three holes in side; pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling and yellowish brown weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Diam.: 3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (9.5 x 4.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1417
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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