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Cup with Gladiators

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Object Name: 
Cup with Gladiators
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Roman Empire; Northern Italy; Rhineland; Gaul
Date: 
25-75
Color
AAT
light yellowish green
Technique
AAT
blown three-mold glass
AAT
grinding
Material
AAT
glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.1 cm, Rim Diam: 7.5 cm
Accession Number: 
54.1.84
Location: 
On Display
Description
Transparent light yellowish green glass, bubbly, patches of seed; mold-blown, three-part mold; rim cracked off and ground. Cylindrical cup; rim very slightly everted, ground; vertical side, tapering at bottom; flat base. Mold-blown decoration; on body, two friezes, each with horizontal rib at bottom: (a) narrow, with inscription in relief "SPICVLVS COLVMBVS CALAMVS HOLES/PETRAITES PRVDES PROCVLVS COCVMBVS; (b) pairs of gladiators, fighting: Spiculus standing, Columbus on ground; Calamus and Holes fighting; Petraites and 'Prudes' fighting ('Prudes' loses his shield); Proculus defeats Cocumbus and holds victor's palm frond; on base, two concentric circles in relief.
Provenance
Gourraud, Mr., Former Collection to
Hubin, Former Collection 1872 to 1872
Smith, Ray Winfield, Source to 1954-10-11
Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Romisch-Germanisches Museum 1988-04-15 through 1988-10-18
Musei Capitolini 1988-11-03 through 1989-01-31
Corning Museum of Glass
Exposition des Beaux-Arts : Archeologie et Peinture Ancienne
Venue(s)
Nantes Museum 1872 through 1872
 
Ancient Art in American Private Collections
Venue(s)
Fogg Art Museum 1954
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
 
Accepi remum: Gladiatorial Palms and the Chavagnes Gladiatorial Cup (2009-06) illustrated, between p.440 and 441;
Richards Complete Bible Dictionary (2002) illustrated, p. 270 (top center); BIB# 73428
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) illustrated, pp. 60-62, pl. 532; BIB# 58895
The Boudican Uprising and the Glass Vessels from Colchester (1996) illustrated, p. 61, fig. 14; title page;
All About Glass = Garasu Daihyakka (1993) p. 12; BIB# 36566
The Revell Bible dictionary (1990) illustrated, p. 270 (top center); BIB# 65501
Glass of the Caesars (1987) illustrated, p. 169, #90; BIB# 31831
Title Unknown (Glaswelt) (1958-06-11) pp. 10-16;
Glas (1958) pp. 191-2; BIB# 25567
Glas (1958) illustrated, p. 12, fig. 11;
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 59-60, #73; BIB# 27315
Ancient Art in American Private Collections (1954) #363, pl. XCVII; BIB# 19297
5000 Years of Glassmaking (1954) pl. X; BIB# 27771
La verrerie en Gaule sous l’Empire romain (1922-1923) p. 190; BIB# 34069
Das Glas im Altertume (III) (1908) vol. III, p. 735 ff.; BIB# 27426
Verres a Course de Char (1893)
La Verrerie Antique: Description de la Collection Charvet (1879) p. 68, #4;
Histoire de l’art de la verrerie dans l’antiquité (1873) p. 42 ff., pl XLIX; BIB# 27942
Historie de l'Art de la Verrerie dans l'antiquite (1873) p. 42 ff., pl. XLIX; BIB# 27942
Exposition des Beaux - Arts: Archeologie et Peinture Ancienne (1872) p. 131, #66;
Miscellanea vetraria (1865) pp. 305-310, pl. XX;
Notice sur un verre a boire antique trouve dans la Vendee (1860) 15 p.;
Les verres romains a scenes de spectacles trouves en France illustrated, p. 132, 149, pl. 5, 9, no. 74; BIB# 90749

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