Glass beaker
Translucent light green.
Unworked, knocked-off rim; cylindrical body with deep concave sides; slight convex bottom. Two vertical mold seams run down sides, with a separate shallow disk-shaped base section.
On body, two friezes, bordered above and below by two horizontal ridges and divided by a band of three horizontal ridges; in upper frieze, wreath pattern in four sections with sprays facing in alternating directions; on lower frieze, continuous ivy tendril with leaves on long stems above and below wavy stem; on bottom, rounded broad base ring with inner ring surrounding a double-set small ring at center forming overlapping figure-of-eight.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, patches of whitish weathering, and iridescence.
Unworked, knocked-off rim; cylindrical body with deep concave sides; slight convex bottom. Two vertical mold seams run down sides, with a separate shallow disk-shaped base section.
On body, two friezes, bordered above and below by two horizontal ridges and divided by a band of three horizontal ridges; in upper frieze, wreath pattern in four sections with sprays facing in alternating directions; on lower frieze, continuous ivy tendril with leaves on long stems above and below wavy stem; on bottom, rounded broad base ring with inner ring surrounding a double-set small ring at center forming overlapping figure-of-eight.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, patches of whitish weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: H.: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Diam.: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.81
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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