Glass cup with indented sides

Date:
1st–2nd century A.D.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Glass; blown and cut
Dimensions:
H. 6.68 cm.
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:
74.51.221
  • Description

    Colorless with pale greenish tinge.
    Uneven, knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; vertical sides, rounded at base; almost flat bottom.
    One horizontal wheel-cut groove on collar; twelve vertical indents in sides.
    Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight pitting, but most of surfaces covered with creamy, enamel-like weathering with brilliant iridescence.

  • Provenance

    From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Idalion (modern Dali)

  • References

    Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5685, p. 512.

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