**Originally Listed At $300**

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century to 3rd century CE. A beaker-shaped, colorless glass vessel, probably used for drinking, free blown with a slightly concave base, near vertical sides, and a very slightly turned out rim that would have made it easier to drink from. The beaker form is rare, but we know that colorless glass was very popular, particularly from the third quarter of the 1st century onward, and was used primarily for tableware. It required a careful selection of raw materials, because even a tiny bit of iron compound could add color. Size: 1.95" W x 5.8" H (5 cm x 14.7 cm)

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA

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Intact, with light deposits on the surface and a very faint rainbow iridescence. Vessel would have once possessed a pontil scar or mark which indicates that the vessel was free-blown. (The absence of such a mark would suggest that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.)