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Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot
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Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.852
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick bubbles. Black specks. Blowing spirals. Transparent grayish-green (10 GY 5/2). Similarly colored thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm. Added thread. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Tall calyx-shaped body with slightly flaring sides. High pushed-in domed base with hollow tubular base ring. On neck, thread from left to right, ca. 3.8 cm below rim.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 104, no. 379. (A close parallel dated "4th century A.D.").

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