Glass lentoid amphoriskos

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent greenish yellow; handles in a slightly greener color.
Tubular rim, folded out, over, and in, with irregular inner lip; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; lentoid body; small circular base with rounded edges and flat bottom; two rod handles of unequal length applied to shoulder in pads (one also with part of trail attached to lower neck), drawn up, tooled in, and pressed onto neck below top of handle. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, extending to base of neck, slightly misaligned and forming a ridge across bottom.
On each side of body, a six-petaled rosette in raised outline, bordered by two concentric raised bands.
Intact, except for small, slightly weathered chip in rim; many pinprick bubbles and a few white impurities; dulling, faint iridescence, and patchy weathering on exterior, encrustation, whitish weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Sidonian vase of yellow glass.

Glass lentoid amphoriskos, Glass, Roman

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