Glass beaker or lamp

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent yellow green; blobs in translucent cobalt blue. Bulging, cracked-off rim; straight side tapering downwards, then slightly outsplayed at base; small circular bottom with central indent. Three horizontal bands of wheel-abraded decoration: on upper body, a single fine line; a band of three lines above middle of body; and the third band comprising two fine lines just below middle of body. Between the first and second cut bands, a band of applied flattened blobs comprising two large circular blobs on opposite sides with two groups of six and seven smaller irregularly-shaped blobs arranged between them. Intact; pinprick and a few elongated bubbles; pitting, brown weathering, and slight iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1930