Beaker Artist: Jason

mid-1st century A.D.

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos
Medium

Mold-blown glass, pale bluish green

Dimensions

3 9/16 × 2 5/8 in. (9.1 × 6.6 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1955.6.273

Culture

Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Roman

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Probably from the J. P. Morgan Collection; purchased from Fahim Kouchakji, 1944, who probably acquired it from the Parke Bernet sale of the Morgan Collection.
Bibliography
  • Axel von Saldern, Antikes Glas (Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2004), 240, 246, note 6, fig. 32
  • Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 52–53, no. 133, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

beakers (drinking vessels)

Inscriptions

In Greek: IACWN EPOHCEN (Jason made it) and MNHCOH O ADORACAC (let the buyer remember)

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