Glass cup
Translucent blue green, with same color trail and ring base.
Rim outsplayed, cracked off and ground; straight side expanding downwards, and then turned in sharply to solid ring base; shallow kick in center of bottom.
Fine horizontal trail wound once round top of body; on side, eight oval indents.
One large chip in rim and one long crack running from rim around body; some pinprick bubbles; patches of limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence on exterior.
Rim outsplayed, cracked off and ground; straight side expanding downwards, and then turned in sharply to solid ring base; shallow kick in center of bottom.
Fine horizontal trail wound once round top of body; on side, eight oval indents.
One large chip in rim and one long crack running from rim around body; some pinprick bubbles; patches of limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence on exterior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cup
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/8 x 2 in. (8.9 x 10.2 x 6 x 5.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.201
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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