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Cup

Artist Unknown
Date1st century
MediumGlass (free-blown and tooled)
DimensionsH. 2 in. (5.1 cm) x W. 3 ½ in. (8.7 cm); Diam. of rim 3 ½ in. (8.8 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen
Object number92.7.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceElizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen, Chapel Hill, NC; given to NCMA, 1992.
Published ReferencesGazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1490 (Mars 1993), 94.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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