Glass beaker

Unknown

3rd–4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless; base ring with green tinge. Bulging rim, cracked off unevenly; tall body with side tapering downwards; low, solid, base ring applied as a coil and flattened underneath; shallow kick in bottom. On body, three registers of wheel-cut horizontal lines: a single line immediately below bulge; a band of three fine lines on upper body; and another single line two-thirds down side. Broken and repaired, with three holes in side; pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling and yellowish brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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