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Beaker Encased in Plaster

Not on view
Ancient glass cylindrical vessel with pale blue-green surface, covered in rough chalky white encrustation, with horizontal ribbed band around the mid-section

Unknown, Beaker Encased in Plaster, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Beaker Encased in Plaster
Culture
Near East
Medium
Thread decor glass
Dimensions
4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.94
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Saldern, Axel von. Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900: The Hans Cohn Collection. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1980.