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Cup (3/4 from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Cup (3/4 from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 4th - 5th century
- Location Created: Roman Empire
- Physical Dimensions: 5.4 × 7 cm (2 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Type: Cup
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.445
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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