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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DescriptionTransparent natural green tinted or decolored glass. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. No pontil mark. Tooled. Rim with slightly convex sides and unworked edge. Body and base four-sided as a result of decoration. Base flat; slightly recessed. On body, four large deep arched indentations. Transparent natural green tinted or decolored glass. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.

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.