3-037-452 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Cup, 4th-5th century A.D. Additional Info: Free-blown, stemmed cup of pale blue, translucent glass. The vessel has been formed by folding the parison over itself to create a double thickness for the body and to shape the stem and foot. Weathering has given it a blue-purple iridescence and incrustation occurs on the inside and under the foot. The cup been reconstructed from fragments.