Glass cinerary urn (olla)

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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.

Glass cinerary urn (olla), Glass, Roman

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