beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Eastern Roman Empire
TechniqueBlown, wheel-cut
SizeOverall H: 9.6 cm; Diam (rim): 12.1 cm
Accession Number70.1.9
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionGreenish colorless glass with numerous bubbles; blown, wheel-cut. Bell-shape; rim flares slightly, with lip cracked off and ground; wall descends in smooth curve; plain narrow base; wheel-cut decoration: below rim, band of ten elongated horizontal oval depressions with wheel-cut line above and below; on wall, broad zone consisting of four rows of intersecting facets, rounded at top and bottom but otherwise hexagonal; shortly above base, band of twelve horizontal oval facets above wheel-cut line, below which is band of six large oval facets with smaller oval facets above and between them; at center of base, circular depression.Provenance
Source
Saeed Motamed
(Iranian, 1925 - 2013) - 1970
