Glass beaker or lamp

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with green tinge; translucent cobalt blue blobs. Thick, slightly bulging rim, cracked off and ground flat; funnel-shaped body with slightly convex side; concave bottom. Three horizontal bands of wheel-abraded decoration on body: immediately below rim, a band of two broad lines; another single very broad band, forming a shallow groove on upper body; the third band comprising fine lines on lower body. Between the second and third cut bands, a band of applied blobs in relief comprising three single large blobs alternating with three groups of six smaller blobs arranged in a downturned triangular pattern. Intact; a few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and patches of limy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917