Glass beaker
Colorless with pale green tinge.
Outsplayed rim, with uneven, cracked-off lip; almost vertical side, then curving in; partially tubular ring base; uneven bottom with small, central kick.
On body, horizontal bands of faint wheel-abraded lines.
Complete, but cracks in body; pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and large patches of limy weathering.
Outsplayed rim, with uneven, cracked-off lip; almost vertical side, then curving in; partially tubular ring base; uneven bottom with small, central kick.
On body, horizontal bands of faint wheel-abraded lines.
Complete, but cracks in body; pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and large patches of limy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.273
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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