Lotus Beaker
Culture: Roman
Date: 1st-3rd century A.D.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
h. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); rim: diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm);
base: diam. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Marie Smith Schwartz
Object number: 92.77.1
Provenance: sold by Antiquarium Ltd., New York, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993
Label Text
A popular drinking vessel throughout the Roman Empire during the latter half of the first century A.D., lotus beakers were made in three standard sizes (small, medium, and large). This small version was made from mold-blown, green glass and bears thin and delicate walls. The small dots between the almond-shaped lotus buds reveal that a complex mold was used to make the vessel. By the first century A.D., glass-working technology had greatly advanced. Mold blowing was a simple and quick process that made glass vessels affordable to a larger segment of Roman society.
(Lana Meador, 2017)
(Lana Meador, 2017)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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