beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date275-375

TechniqueBlown, wheel-cut, ground

SizeOverall H: 9.7 cm, Diam: 12.3 cm

Accession Number54.1.81

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean; Rhineland

Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale green glass with small bubbles; blown; wheel-cut. Bell-shape with rounded base; rim cracked off and ground; wall has slight constriction shortly below rim, then descends in smooth curve to merge with rounded base; wheel-cut decoration in two registers: upper, ten contiguous lozenges containing alternate cross-hatching and single oval depressions with height slightly greater than width; single oval depressions with width greater than height in triangular spaces above and below junctions of lozenges; lower, below two parallel bands, four contiguous pairs of leaf-like oval motifs containing alternate cross-hatching and oval depressions, with straight cuts and circular and oval depressions above and below; at center of base, circular depression surrounded by circle.
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