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Cup with Gladiators

Cup with Gladiators

 
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Object Name: 
Cup with Gladiators
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Italy, Northern Italy
Date: 
25-75
Color
AAT
light yellowish green
Technique
AAT
blown three-mold glass
AAT
grinding
Material
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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
Hubin, Former Collection
1872
to
1872
Smith, Ray Winfield, Source
1954-10-11

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Exhibitions

Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Corning Museum of Glass
Publications
1
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
Publications
1
 
Ancient Art in American Private Collections
Venue(s)
Fogg Art Museum 1954
Publications
1
Exposition des Beaux-Arts : Archeologie et Peinture Ancienne
Venue(s)
Nantes Museum 1872 through 1872
 

Publications

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
Les verres romains a scenes de spectacles trouves en France (1998) illustrated, p. 132, 149, pl. 5, 9, no. 74; BIB# 90749
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
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, p. 22, #13; BIB# 27746
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
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955) illustrated, p. 16, #8; BIB# 28450
Ancient Art in American Private Collections (1954) #363, pl. XCVII; BIB# 19297
5000 Years of Glassmaking (1954) pl. X; BIB# 27771
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 39, #222; BIB# 28196
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;
Historie de l'Art de la Verrerie dans l'antiquite (1873) p. 42 ff., pl. XLIX; BIB# 27942
Histoire de l’art de la verrerie dans l’antiquité (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;
L'art de terre Chez les Poitevins, suivi d'une etude sur l'anciennete de la fabrication du verre en Poitou (1864) p. 192 ff.; BIB# 29390
Notice sur un verre a boire antique trouve dans la Vendee (1860) 15 p.;

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