Beaker Oil Lamp
Artist
Unknown
CultureByzantine
Date6th century
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (8.9 x 5.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation
Object number2004.21.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a blown greenish-tint glass, pattern molded in a ribbed dip mold and word into an inverted "double gourd shape" with bulbous bottom and the upper section projecting, the ribbing giving the object a spiral pattern surface and folded rim.ProvenanceWunsch Foundation, Inc., New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc., 2004. Published ReferencesCorning Museum of Glass, _Journal of Glass Studies_, Vol. 47, 2005, 216, fig. 3.
Early 20th century
1st Century-4th Century
