Glass cup with indented sides
Colorless with pale greenish tinge.
Uneven, knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; vertical sides, rounded at base; almost flat bottom.
One horizontal wheel-cut groove on collar; twelve vertical indents in sides.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight pitting, but most of surfaces covered with creamy, enamel-like weathering with brilliant iridescence.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
1st-2nd century A.D.
Glass; blown and cut
6.7cm
74.51.221
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection