Glass beaker or lamp

Roman, Syrian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless with pale green tinge; translucent blue blobs appearing opaque bluish grey.
Thick rim, cracked off and ground, slightly outsplayed; short, vertical side to top of body, then funnel-shaped; small kick in bottom.
Midway down side an uneven horizontal row of thirteen applied blobs.
Intact, except for a small chip in rim; many bubbles; dulling on exterior, with pitting and whitish weathering on blobs, thick encrustation and weathering on interior above brilliant iridescence.

Conical, with glass patches.

Glass beaker or lamp, Glass, Roman, Syrian

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