The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 12, 2026

A bell-shaped glass vessel flares at its wide rim before narrowing and widening into a rounded body. The greenish-yellow glass is translucent but clouded with a weathered, mottled texture and scattered pale spots. A short, thick stem joins the base to a small, flat circular foot. The color deepens to a darker, more opaque olive at the rim and base, where light catches on its hazy, textured surface.

Bell Beaker

500s–600s

Syro-Palestinian

(?)
glass
Overall: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.541
Location: 105 Byzantine
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.541