cup
Object NameCup
Made FromGlass
Date99-1 BCE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Rome; Alexandria
Techniquecast, lathe-cut
SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm, W: 13 cm; Rim Diam: 9.3
Accession Number66.1.30
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Wine: Celebration and Ceremony
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent colorless glass, bubbly with patches of highly iridescent film, badly cracked and chipped; cast and lathe-cut. Ground and polished rim retains two lathe-cut grooves on interior (5 mm apart), wall bends in and down to form a truncated ovoid body resting on a cavetto or concave profiled spindle base decorated by a lathe-cut boss with central point on the underside; the vertical handles at the rim no longer retain their thumb-rest although the curving finger rings are complete; the elaborate scroll work, typical of metal skyphoi, is preserved along the edge of the rim.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
O. Homberg
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
Former Collection
A. Sambon
