rhyton
Object NameRhyton (drinking horn)
Made FromGlass
Date75-125
Techniqueblown, tooled
SizeOverall H: 21 cm; Mouth Diam: 10.3 cm
Accession Number87.1.2
Credit LineGift of Gawain McKinley
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Glass of the Caesars
The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Interpretive NotesUsed for drinking wine, this unusually shaped vessel was designed to terminate in the head of an animal, perhaps a snail.
Roman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Italy
Provenance
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