Glass beaker or lamp

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale green tinge; blobs in translucent cobalt blue. Thick, uneven rim, very slightly outsplayed and ground; funnel-shaped body with slightly convex profile, then curves in to small concave bottom. On body, horizontal band of blobs, comprising two larger blobs on opposite sides, and two groups of three smaller blobs between them, one arranged as a horizontal row, the other as a downward-pointing triangle; above blobs, a single horizontal band of wheel-abraded lines. Intact, except for small chips in and below rim, and on bottom; few bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and enamel-like brown weathering.

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