Glass beaker or lamp

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale green tinge; translucent blue blobs appearing opaque bluish grey. Thick rim, cracked off and ground, slightly outsplayed; short, vertical side to top of body, then funnel-shaped; small kick in bottom. Midway down side an uneven horizontal row of thirteen applied blobs. Intact, except for a small chip in rim; many bubbles; dulling on exterior, with pitting and whitish weathering on blobs, thick encrustation and weathering on interior above brilliant iridescence. Conical, with glass patches.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881