Lycurgus cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lycurgus cup, a Roman glass beaker in the British Museum, made of a dichroic glass, to show different colors. [1] The carved image of the beaker refers to the myth of Lycurgus.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~photspec/Press_files/NewsnViews_Leonhardt.pdf
  2. ^ Harden, D. B.: Glass of the Caesars. Exh. cat., organized by: The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N. Y., The British Museum, London, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne; Olivetti, Milan, 1987.

[edit] External links


This design-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.