Glass jar

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue green.
Rounded, flaring, tubular rim, folded out and down, forming collar around neck; broad globular body; bottom pushed in to form hollow foot ring.
On body, twenty-two projecting roughly vertical ribs of differing lengths and shapes (some almost straight, others sinuous).
Intact, except for one chip in rim and another chip on one of ribs; some bubbles and many surface scratches; slight dulling and pitting on exterior, thick yellow brown weathering and brilliant iridescence covering most of interior.

Ribbed jar.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman

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