Glass cinerary urn (olla)
Translucent blue green.
Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid body; concave bottom.
Intact; a few bubbles; slight dulling, faint iridescence, and brownish weathering, with one large patch of limy encrustation on exterior, and brilliant iridescent weathering inside tubular rim.
Plain blown glass.
Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid body; concave bottom.
Intact; a few bubbles; slight dulling, faint iridescence, and brownish weathering, with one large patch of limy encrustation on exterior, and brilliant iridescent weathering inside tubular rim.
Plain blown glass.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cinerary urn (olla)
- Period: Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–mid 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Diam.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.8
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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