Glass cameo cup (scyphus) fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue with opaque white overlay; handle in translucent cobalt blue. Plain rim with flat upper surface; convex curving side; vertical handle attached to rim and side, extending along rim with a circular projection to either side. On exterior, below handle frontal head of Silenos, with hair in tufts above forehead and to sides, prominent eyebrows, broad flat nose, and shaggy moustache and beard; to left of handle, vertical branches of foliage. Broken with weathered edges; pitting of surface bubbles, dulling, and patches of creamy iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911