Glass cameo cup fragment

Unknown

early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue with overlays in opaque white and translucent dark blue. Vertical rim with everted lip and beveled inner edge; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving side. On interior, horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, in relief female figure in white, probably standing, facing left and holding up in front of her in both hands a large oval object, perhaps a drum or tambourine; her head is in profile with her hair in blue overlay arranged in a fringe and thick hanging tresses at back; on the left are the tips of two leafy sprays or branches. Rim fragment with chip at left, broken at sides and bottom; dulling, slight pitting, whitish weathering on exterior, and faint iridescence. Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917