Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration 3rd century Roman Colorless; trails in opaque white and opaque brownish red, with one red trail starting in translucent greyish everted rim, folded over and in; body expanding downwards, then curving in sharply; solid, cylindrical body, four indents in side, making squarish shape; one horizontal white trail wound once around upper body; another horizontal white trail wound once around stem on undercurve; over indents on side, four separate snake-thread trails, alternately in white and red, but all in a similar abstract desig
Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration 3rd century Roman Colorless; trails in opaque white and opaque brownish red, with one red trail starting in translucent greyish everted rim, folded over and in; body expanding downwards, then curving in sharply; solid, cylindrical body, four indents in side, making squarish shape; one horizontal white trail wound once around upper body; another horizontal white trail wound once around stem on undercurve; over indents on side, four separate snake-thread trails, alternately in white and red, but all in a similar abstract design, starting at left with a horizontal squiggle at top and ending in a long hooked loop at with part of stem and all of foot missing, parts of top trail missing, and two internal cracks in side; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, patches of thick creamy brown weathering on thread vase with foot; opaque Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration. Roman. 3rd century Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed. Imperial. Glass
Size: 4000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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