Goblet Shaped Vessel on Base Ring
Goblet Shaped Vessel on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.0 cm); Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.848
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Everted rim with convex sides and irregular unworked edge bent out from constriction below. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. High pushed-in base with straight flaring walls and hollow tubular base ring.
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth through end of fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
about 4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
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