Glass beaker
Translucent cobalt blue.
Plain, inverted rim, with beveled upper edge; ovoid body, tapering downward; small, concave bottom.
On exterior, a deep and wide horizontal groove below rim in a band with narrower and shallower groove immediately below; another horizontal band of two close-set abraded grooves around body halfway down side.
Broken and repaired with several chips in lower side and two patches of fill, one in rim; pinprick and larger bubbles, with striations; dulling, iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on exterior.
Plain, inverted rim, with beveled upper edge; ovoid body, tapering downward; small, concave bottom.
On exterior, a deep and wide horizontal groove below rim in a band with narrower and shallower groove immediately below; another horizontal band of two close-set abraded grooves around body halfway down side.
Broken and repaired with several chips in lower side and two patches of fill, one in rim; pinprick and larger bubbles, with striations; dulling, iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on exterior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Early Imperial, Augustan or Tiberian
- Date: early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass, cast; cast and cut
- Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1238
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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