Roman glass cup
Cup of pale blue-green glass blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joining a base. The body is ribbed, the shoulder decorated with an undulating relief pattern, and the neck with a wavy line in relief. There are also relief rings around the neck and near the foot.
The color is very pale and reminds one of the color of water, appropriately. The way the neck flares out shows that this is where the hand would perhaps grip the cup, instead of the body.
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1-100 CE.
Getty Villa Museum, Pacific Palisades, California (2004.34)
Roman glass cup
Cup of pale blue-green glass blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joining a base. The body is ribbed, the shoulder decorated with an undulating relief pattern, and the neck with a wavy line in relief. There are also relief rings around the neck and near the foot.
The color is very pale and reminds one of the color of water, appropriately. The way the neck flares out shows that this is where the hand would perhaps grip the cup, instead of the body.
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1-100 CE.
Getty Villa Museum, Pacific Palisades, California (2004.34)