Beaker
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Intact beaker in pale, blue-green glass; slightly indented base, straight sides with a slight concavity; flared rim. Series of three wheel-made grooves in the middle and a fourth double groove near the base. Minimal dirt accretions and flaking on base. Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 29. Comparison: Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2014.1110.
Dimensions
H. 9.3 x D. 6.3 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Related Artworks
View MorePorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels; with spurious mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading 'Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi' within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseGray stoneware with incised, appliqué, and openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with brown glaze
13th-14th centuryKoreanSilver
19th centuryAmericanOff-white stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze over marks from shells used as firing supports; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapaneseBronze
ChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEEtruscan