Colorless
Broad, horizontal, tubular rim, folded out, down, and in; cylindrical body with slightly convex sides, then tooled into tubular, integral, flaring base ring; deep groove between base ring and slightly concave bottom with large circular pontil mark.
Intact, but one crack from rim slanting down side to base ring; a few pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and patches of white and yellow brown iridescent weathering.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Glass; blown
6.5cm
74.51.279
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019