Glass beaker

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent yellowish green; blobs in translucent deep turquoise blue. Uneven outsplayed and cracked-off rim; cylindrical body, then curving in to slightly pushed-in bottom. Around body, horizontal band of blobs comprising three larger blobs interspersed with smaller ones arranged as two rows of six and one of seven; three extra small blobs accidentally applied, two above and one below band; above and below blobbed decoration, a single horizontal wheel-abraded line. Intact; pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, enamel-like brown weathering, and some soil encrustation.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891