Glass beaker
Colorless with blue green tinge.
Rim outsplayed, cracked off and uneven; side cylindrical at top and tapering slightly downwards, then shaped into a rough square with hollow convex corners; square, pushed-in bottom.
On body, four deep and long indents, forming a star-like shape to interior.
Intact; some bubbles; patches of soil encrustation, creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence.
Rim outsplayed, cracked off and uneven; side cylindrical at top and tapering slightly downwards, then shaped into a rough square with hollow convex corners; square, pushed-in bottom.
On body, four deep and long indents, forming a star-like shape to interior.
Intact; some bubbles; patches of soil encrustation, creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: H.: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.203
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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