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Glass trick bottle or cup

Period:
Imperial
Date:
2nd–4th century A.D.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); diameter 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:
74.51.150

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

  • Description

    Translucent deep olive green, appearing opaque black.
    Rim folded down, over, and in, forming slight inner lip; broad, uneven mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards to join squat bulbous body; bottom deeply push in to form hemispherical concavity. Stands aslant.
    Intact; pinprick bubbles; some pitting and iridescence, with one area of dulling where thick enamel-like brown weathering has flaked off.

    Essentially a perfume bottle with a deeply pressed in bottom. When inverted it appears as a 'double-walled' cup, hence this type of vessel has previously been described as an 'egg cup.'

  • Provenance

    From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Kition (modern Larnaka)

  • References

    Cesnola, L.P. di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Vol. 3, Plates & Text 76-150. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pl. LXXVII,1.

    Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5568, p. 510.


    Lightfoot, Christopher S., “Metropolitan Müzesi, Cesnola Koleksiyonu’nda Yeralan Kıbrıs Cam Eserleri.” In C. Gençler Güray (ed.), Anadolu Antik Cam Araştırmaları Sempozyumu. Kaunos/Kbid Toplantıları 2. Ankara: Bilgin Press 2013, p. 85.

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