Fragment of Two-Handled Cup (Skyphos)

Place of OriginProbably Italy

DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); W: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)

MediumCast; cut

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1377

Not on View

DescriptionThis object is a fragment representing approximately one-fifth of a two-handled cup (skyphos). It is made of opaque tannish-pink glass. The cup has a short horizontal rim with an inturned, rounded edge and a convex curving side. Attached to the rim is a ring handle with upper and lower projecting thumb rests; the lower thumb rest curves downward at its far end. On either side of the ring handle, a cut circular disk protrudes horizontally from the rim. The vessel was cast and cut, with the handle cast as part of the cup and rotary-polished on both surfaces.

Published ReferencesBrill and Whitehouse 1988, pp. 41-42.