Cup in the Shape of the Head of an African Man
Cup in the Shape of the Head of an African Man
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Italy
DateSecond half of the 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Rim Diam: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
MediumManganese-colored purple glass; blown in a full-size, three-part mold of two vertical sections and a disk-shaped base section
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.457
Not on View
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Published ReferencesRichter, Gisela M.A., "The Curtis Collection of Ancient Glass," Art in America, vol. 2, 1914, p. 77, fig. 6.
- Glass
Grose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. no. 3, 1978, p. 82, fig. 19.
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass, 1995, p. 219-220, no. 139, color pl. 21.
Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art: map and guide, London, Scala, 2005, p. 10, repr. (col.).
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 40, fig. 13A, repr. (col.) p. 41.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (while in Curtis Collection, per Richter 1914).Second half of the first century CE
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
Third to first century BCE
2nd-1st century B.C.E.
Perhaps 2nd century
1st century - 4th century CE
3rd century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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