Glass beaker

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

Translucent dark green; trails in translucent turquoise blue.
Rounded, slightly thickened rim; funnel-shaped neck; square body, with convex curving edges; outsplayed low applied base ring; concave bottom with pontil scar at center.
Each side of body with large tooled indent and pointed kick on interior; trail in relief wound once round base of neck, and another trail wound 1½ times around undercurve of body.
Two large holes in body, but otherwise complete; some pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and faint weathering

Glass beaker, Glass, Roman

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