ROMAN AMBER CUP OR ACETABULUM

ROMAN AMBER CUP OR ACETABULUM

Hemispherical body on pad base, slightly flaring to rounded rim with pinched-out ridge or tubular flange below

Ex priv. coll. F. of Surrey, UK 1960s; priv. coll. C.M., Netherlands, acq. 2010
H. 4,7 cm. Tiny chip from base, otherwise intact

1st cent. AD.

Cf. Oppenländer, RGM, Köln 1974-5, p. 108, no. 295; H.v. Rossum, Roman and Early Byzantine Glass, 2009, p. 20; Laméris, no. 63