Cheonma Blue Glass Cup, <a href="https://english.cha.go.kr/chaen/search/selectGeneralSearchDetail.do?mn=EN_02_02&sCcebKdcd=12&ccebAsno=06200000&sCcebCtcd=37&pageIndex=1&region=&canAsset=&ccebPcd1=&searchWrd=CHEONMACHONG&startNum=&endNum=&stCcebAsdt=&enCcebAsdt=&canceled=&ccebKdcd=&ccebCtcd="target="_blank">Gyeongju National Museum, 002386-00000, NT620</a>; 5th-6th c.; Syria; EXH131: NT620

Name/TitleCheonma Blue Glass Cup, Gyeongju National Museum, 002386-00000, NT620

About this objectPart of the bural assemblage in Cheonma tomb, this is one of two cups discovered: the other was very badly damaged. The line pattern has been engraved while the circles are formed by putting glass on the end of a tube, placing it against the vessel and blowing on it. This technique is found along the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts in the Roman empire and it is probably imported from there.

Date Made5th-6th c.

PeriodRoman

Place MadeSyria

Place MadeEgypt

Subject and Association KeywordsDeath and burials

Subject and Association KeywordsGlass

Subject and Association DescriptionLearn More: NMK 2008: cat 206

Medium and MaterialsCobalt blue glass

TechniqueBlown glass

Measurements7.4 cm high

Credit LineGyeongju National Museum

Object numberEXH131: NT620

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