Glass beaker

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue.

Plain, inverted rim, with beveled upper edge; ovoid body, tapering downward; small, concave bottom.

On exterior, a deep and wide horizontal groove below rim in a band with narrower and shallower groove immediately below; another horizontal band of two close-set abraded grooves around body halfway down side.

Broken and repaired with several chips in lower side and two patches of fill, one in rim; pinprick and larger bubbles, with striations; dulling, iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering.

Rotary grinding marks on exterior.

Glass beaker, Glass, cast, Roman

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