1944.61: Beaker
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1944.61
- Title
- Beaker
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th-5th century CE
- Period
- Late Antique period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291547
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue-green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 9.84 x 7.62 cm (3 7/8 x 3 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- F. Maurice Newton, New York City, NY (by 1944), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of F. Maurice Newton
- Accession Year
- 1944
- Object Number
- 1944.61
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Beaker; slightly indented base, hourglass shape, flares to ground rim. Decorative toolmarks in two rows around exterior. Repaired from fragments; patches of pearly iridescence and pitting on exterior and interior, dirt accretions on interior.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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