Roman Green Glass Beaker with Decorated Body

2ND CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (62 grams, 11.5 cm).

With straight sides narrowing to the dimpled base, a rolled rim; the body decorated with diagonal ribbed lines.

Provenance

From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Grossmann, R.A., Ancient Glass, a guide to the Yale collection, Yale, 2002, figs.13 and 32, for less elaborate types.

CONDITION

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