A Roman pale green glass cup
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With uneven cut-off rim, the bell-shaped body decorated with a horizontal row of applied and marvered dark blue oval blobs below two bands of abraded lines, with gently pushed-in base, 2½in (6.7cm) high
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With uneven cut-off rim, the bell-shaped body decorated with a horizontal row of applied and marvered dark blue oval blobs below two bands of abraded lines, with gently pushed-in base, 2½in (6.7cm) high
Sold for
£675
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Acquired in the early 1970s.
Literature:
For an almost identical beaker in the Corning Museum of Glass see, David Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. Volume I, Corning, 1997, pp.217-219, no.375.
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