Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A lovely free-blown translucent glass vessel with a stunning amber color. The cup has a slight concave base with a smooth pontil scar, angular walls which taper gradually to a lightly-creased neck line, a deep interior cavity, and a flared rim. A pair of wheel-cut hairline striations embellish the bottom of the body, and a single striation is displayed beneath the rim. Brilliant areas of rainbow and silvery iridescence ignite the golden-brown vessel in a conflagration of color. A spectacular example, replete with fine craftsmanship indicative of Roman-era artistry! Size: 3.625" W x 2.625" H (9.2 cm x 6.7 cm).

For a stylistically-similar example of a different color, please see The Metropolitan Museum or Art, accession number 74.51.293: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/239878

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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Surface wear and light abrasions commensurate with age as expected, light roughness to rim and base, and some light fading to coloration, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits as well as great silvery and rainbow iridescence throughout.