Glass beaker or lamp
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker or lamp
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown with applied decoration and cut
- Dimensions: Overall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Other: 5in. (12.7cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.148
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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