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Glass jar

Period:
Late Imperial
Date:
3rd–4th century A.D.
Culture:
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium:
Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/16in. (5.8cm) Other: 2 3/16in. (5.6cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:
74.51.28
  • Description

    Colorless with light green tinge, with same color trail and ribs.
    Solid rim folded out, over, and in; short, concave neck; sides of body sloping out downward; push-in bottom with prominent pontil scar.
    Slender trial wound three times around neck; eleven vertical, slightly slanting ribs of varying length on body.
    Intact; some bubbles; little pitting and weathering.

  • Provenance

    From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Idalion (modern Dali)

  • References

    Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5760, p. 512.

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