Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Eastern Mediterranean
possibly Palestine
possibly Syria
Accession Number: 
79.1.178
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.1 cm, Diam: 12.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
100-299
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Transparent light yellowish-green glass; blown. Deep round- bodied cup; outsplayed rim with reworked lip; folded tubular flange at junction of rim and body; wall bulges slightly before curving inward towards bottom; original base replaced in plastic. Lightly cut horizontal grooves on body: one narrow, one broad between two narrow, one narrow.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-25
Color: 
Transparent light yellow-green
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 246-247, #419; p. 371, #419; BIB# 58895