Glass stemmed cup 4th–5th century or later Roman, Palestinian Translucent pale blue green; trails in translucent cobalt , vertical rim, with slightly inverted lip; elongated inverted bell-shaped body, curving in at base; hollow stem; hollow, low conical foot, with tubular edge made by folding; deep kick in bottom with central pontil trail applied as a thick, elongated pad immediately below rim and wound in a spiral almost nine time around upper side of body; a second trail applied as a circular pad to side and wound round body in a spiral four times, then tooled and
Glass stemmed cup 4th–5th century or later Roman, Palestinian Translucent pale blue green; trails in translucent cobalt , vertical rim, with slightly inverted lip; elongated inverted bell-shaped body, curving in at base; hollow stem; hollow, low conical foot, with tubular edge made by folding; deep kick in bottom with central pontil trail applied as a thick, elongated pad immediately below rim and wound in a spiral almost nine time around upper side of body; a second trail applied as a circular pad to side and wound round body in a spiral four times, then tooled and pinched into a wavy pattern of six upward and hanging loops (sometimes called the "spectacle" pattern).Intact; few bubbles; pitting, creamy brown weathering, and Glass stemmed cup 252998 Roman, Palestinian, Glass stemmed cup, 4th?5th century or later, Glass, H.: 3 3/4 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 ()
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