The die is comprised of a die base material consisting of a sintered hard alloy or silicon carbide, a surface layer formed on the surface of the die base material and brought into contact with a glass material in press molding, and an intermediate layer formed between the die base material and the surface layer. The surface layer is formed from at least one element selected from among platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, ruthenium, and rhenium or an alloy or compound containing these elements. The intermediate layer has a surface base material layer which consists of at least a substance selected from among tungsten, carbon, tungsten carbide, and silicon carbide, is in an amorphous state or in a crystalline state with a crystal grain diameter smaller than that of the substance constituting the die base material, and is brought into contact with the surface of the die base material.