fragment

Object NameFragment: Cup Rim

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire

Techniquepressed

SizeOverall H: 3 cm, W: 2.5 cm

Accession Number54.1.27-4

Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment: Cup Rim. Translucent and opaque glasses; mosaic glass techniques. Circular canes of opaque white centers with concentric rings of opaque red, opaque white, amethyst with a ring of opaque yellow dots followed by an opaque white ring all in a translucent medium blue matrix, heavily pitted and worn, exterior, interior polished but pitted. Fragment preserves rounded rim, collar and part of body of an elaborate patella cup.
Provenance

Former Collection Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)