Lot 4720
A Very Fine Patella Cup, in Finely Colored Green Glass. Roman, 1st to 3rd Century AD. Cf. Newark fig. 98. A scarce and fine, late example of this earlier shape. Height: 2-3/8". This footed, beaker-like cup is robustly made with a wide mouth and a broad, folded lip that forms a flaring collar around the piece. The collar has two shallow, heat-tooled grooves encircling its circumference. The wide foot is convex. Intact and superbly preserved with a faint, transparent green iridescence.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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| Realized $483 |
