Cone Beaker

Lamp

87-29-1

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 87-29-1
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Period Roman Period
Date Made 100-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Cone-shaped lamp. Amber glass conical vessel decorated with applied deep blue lozenge-shaped drops in three groups of three drops. Free blown. Pontil/indentation at base. Slight encrustation/irridescence.

Height 20 cm
Outside Diameter 12.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. M. N. Stickley in memory of her parents Philip and Helene S. Newman, 1987
Other Number GL07 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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