Goblet Shaped Vessel on Base Ring
Goblet Shaped Vessel on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.866
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Pinprick and small vertically elongated bubbles.
Transparent natural grayish yellow green (5 G 7/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut.
Rim knocked off and lightly ground. U-shaped body with sides tapering toward base. High pushed-in base with straight flaring walls and hollow tubular base ring.
On body, four bands of horizontal wheel-cut incisions.
About 3rd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th-5th century CE (?)
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