Glass skyphos (drinking cup)

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Colorless with pale greenish tinge.

Slightly inverted rim, with top edge ground flat; convex curving side tapering downward; splayed base ring with rounded bottom edge; slightly undulating, flat bottom; two ring handles applied to sides of body, carved out from blanks surrounded by raised squared-off areas, with flat thumb-rests above rings and projecting wings above and below.

Body broken and repaired, with one large chip in rim and several holes in body, but both handles intact; pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling, pitting, patches of iridescence and creamy weathering.

Rotary grinding marks on interior, exterior, and bottom.

Glass skyphos (drinking cup), Glass, Greek

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