Glass jar

Roman, Palestinian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale blue green; trails in same color.
Thick rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed into broad, almost horizontal mouth; short, cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; almost horizontal shoulder, pushed in on one side; bulbous body; shallow kick in thick bottom with large irregular pontil pad at center.
Fine trail wound round in an irregular spiral pattern, extending from bottom to neck; over this, another thick trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between outer edge of shoulder and rim, forming openwork collar.
Complete, but three strands of zigzag trail missing, with weathered breaks; many pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescent creamy white weathering.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman, Palestinian

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