Tall, slender beaker
Colorless
Knocked-off, uneven, flaring rim; four-sided body; sides tapering slightly downward, with rounded corners and bulging pad at base; uneven, pushed-in bottom with tolling marks.
Four vertical indents in sides.
One faint wheel-abraded horizontal line below rim at top of body.
Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Glass; blown and cut
14.3cm
74.51.270
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection