Indented Beaker

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Indented Beaker

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date2nd century

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.826

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DescriptionThis indented beaker is made from transparent natural green-tinted or decolored glass. The exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. The glass is free-blown and shaped by tooling. The vessel does not have a pontil mark. The rim has slightly convex sides with an unworked edge. The body and base are given a four-sided appearance by four large, deep arched indentations around the sides. The base is flat and slightly recessed.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 65, no. 187. (A close parallel dated "Probably 2nd century A.D.").

Puma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 96, no. 106.