Glass cantharus (drinking cup), Early Imperial, Claudian or Flavian, ca. 40–80, Roman, Glass; blown, H. 4 11/16 in. (

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Glass cantharus (drinking cup), Early Imperial, Claudian or Flavian, ca. 40–80, Roman, Glass; blown, H. 4 11/16 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue; handles in same color. Flaring, rounded rim, with folded solid flange below; bell-shaped body, carving in sharply to solid, short stem; low, splayed foot, formed from a separate gather with knocked-off and ground outer edge; uneven, flat bottom; low kick at center of inside of body; strap handles attached to lower sides of body in pads, tooled flat above, drawn up and outwards, then curved round and down in a loop above rim, and applied to lip and underside of rim

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