beaker
Object NameConical Beaker with Blue Blobs
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place Madeancient Syro-Palestine (Syria, Lebanon, or Israel)
Techniqueblown, wheel-cut, applied
SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm; Rim Diam: 11.3 cm
Accession Number79.1.159
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionConical Beaker with Blue Blobs. Transparent yellowish colorless glass; blown, wheel-cut, applied. Tall conical body with narrow base; plain ground rim; sides taper to very narrow flattened base. Two broad horizontal wheel cuts near top, above band of applied translucent blue blobs in which three large single oval blobs alternate with three groups of six small oval blobs arranged on a triangle (three, above two, above one); between blobs and base, another wheel-cut band.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-25
