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Glass beaker with facet-cut decoration

Glass beaker with facet-cut decoration. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm) Diam.: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Colorless with light green tinge. Thin, outsplayed, knocked-off rim; funnel-shaped body, tapering in at base; broad, low, conical, outsplayed foot, made from a separate paraison with a ground outer edge. On upper body, two fine horizontal lines; below, broad band of four overlapping rice-shaped vertical facets, arranged in a slight irregular pattern. Broken on one side of rim with part missing; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, patches of brilliant iridescence, and creamy brown weathering. Similar beakers have been excavated in Denmark, Germany, Egypt, and Afghanistan. The type must have been made at several localities around the Mediterranean.
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Glass beaker with facet-cut decoration
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Glass beaker with facet-cut decoration. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm) Diam.: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D.. Colorless with light green tinge. Thin, outsplayed, knocked-off rim; funnel-shaped body, tapering in at base; broad, low, conical, outsplayed foot, made from a separate paraison with a ground outer edge. On upper body, two fine horizontal lines; below, broad band of four overlapping rice-shaped vertical facets, arranged in a slight irregular pattern. Broken on one side of rim with part missing; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, patches of brilliant iridescence, and creamy brown weathering. Similar beakers have been excavated in Denmark, Germany, Egypt, and Afghanistan. The type must have been made at several localities around the Mediterranean.
Técnica/material:
Glass; blown and cut
Periodo:
Mid Imperial
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Localización:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
4200 x 4200 px | 50.5 MB
Tamaño impresión:
35.6 x 35.6 cm | 14.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave:
ARTE GRIEGO Y ROMANO • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • ROMAN EMPIRE • VIDRIO