KM402 (Early Roman Mold-blown enameled glass cup or bowl) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, light greenish yellow glass (PMS 387) with opaque red paint (PMS 7416). Sparse pinprick bubbles.

Technique

Mold-blown. Enameled.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl

Comparanda

sim. Hardenetal1987, p. 269, no. 147=Caron1990, pp. 64-65, figs. 3, 4=Rutti1991, pp. 128, 130-131, fig. 25:c, pl. XXXV:b (depiction of duck, basket, foliage; BM; from Greece, 1st century CE)

Description

Cup? Convex wall: hemispherical body? Painted straight and curved lines: floral or geometric motif?

Preservation description

One fragment preserves small part of body. Slight to moderate dulling and slight milky iridescence.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 935-936, 996-997, no. 532, fig. 20.9

Estimated body diameter

0.18

Maximum preserved dimension

0.014

Chronology comment

1st century CE

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph