Inverted Beaker on Foot

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Period Byzantine Empire (Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)

Place of OriginRoman or Byzantine Empire

Date4th-5th century CE

Dimensions4 5/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 11/16 in. (10.9 × 6.7 × 4.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.67

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick and small horizontally elongated bubbles near rim. Cords in upper part of body. Free-blown and tooled. No pontil mark. Tooled. Rounded rim. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve; curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Base flattened and slightly concave. On body, four shallow circular indentations probably formed by flattening body on marver on four opposite sides. Jar Class IA3a Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2).