Glass two-handled jar
Translucent blue green; handles in same color.
Everted, slightly tubular rim, with rounded outer lip, folded in and down, and smoothed into side of mouth; broad, cylindrical neck with slightly convex profile and irregular tooling marks around base; bulbous body; shallow concave bottom; two broad three-ribbed strap handles attached to upper body over ribs, drawn vertically upwards, turned in at an acute angle, and applied to neck, ending with fine trails drawn up across underside of rim.
On upper two-thirds of body, nineteen vertical ribs of varying length and shape.
Intact, but one internal crack in rim; many bubbles, some large in handles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, patches of soil encrustation and brownish weathering on interior.
Two handled vase with ribs on the body: blue glass.
Everted, slightly tubular rim, with rounded outer lip, folded in and down, and smoothed into side of mouth; broad, cylindrical neck with slightly convex profile and irregular tooling marks around base; bulbous body; shallow concave bottom; two broad three-ribbed strap handles attached to upper body over ribs, drawn vertically upwards, turned in at an acute angle, and applied to neck, ending with fine trails drawn up across underside of rim.
On upper two-thirds of body, nineteen vertical ribs of varying length and shape.
Intact, but one internal crack in rim; many bubbles, some large in handles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, patches of soil encrustation and brownish weathering on interior.
Two handled vase with ribs on the body: blue glass.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass two-handled jar
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.14
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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