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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

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