Glass stemmed cup

Roman, Palestinian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale blue green; trails in translucent cobalt blue.
Thickened, vertical rim, with slightly inverted lip; elongated inverted bell-shaped body, curving in at base; hollow stem; hollow, low conical foot, with tubular edge made by folding; deep kick in bottom with central pontil scar.
One trail applied as a thick, elongated pad immediately below rim and wound in a spiral almost nine time around upper side of body; a second trail applied as a circular pad to side and wound round body in a spiral four times, then tooled and pinched into a wavy pattern of six upward and hanging loops (sometimes called the "spectacle" pattern).
Intact; few bubbles; pitting, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.

Glass stemmed cup, Glass, Roman, Palestinian

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