Bag-Shaped Beaker on Base Ring

Artist Unidentified

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

Place of Originpossibly from Hauran, Roman Syria

Date1st-2nd century CE

Dimensions3 7/16 × 3 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (8.8 × 8.5 × 7.9 × 6.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Object number

1908.66

Not on View

DescriptionThis transparent dusky yellow-green beaker (5 GY 5/2) was formed using free-blown and tooled techniques, with a pontil mark approximately 1.1 cm in diameter. The medium-thin glass shows concentrations of bubbles, ranging from pinprick to long diagonals aligned with the blowing spirals. The vessel has a flaring, rounded rim thickened in the flame, and concave sides that broaden toward a sharply carinated shoulder just above the base. The base is concave with a narrow, curved, hollow tubular ring.