Glass cinerary urn with lid
Urn: Translucent pale green; handles in translucent deep blue-green.
Rim with everted, rounded lip and downward folded flange projecting below; funnel-shaped neck; ovoid body; splayed hollow foot; concave bottom; two vertical, arched M-shaped handles, attached on opposite sides of upper body, each made of a thick trail, applied as a large circular pad, drawn across body from left to right, and trailed off back along top of handle.
Broken and repaired around one handle with one small hole, and broken around foot and bottom, partially repaired but most of bottom missing; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and some limy encrustation and weathering on exterior, thick soil encrustation and whitish weathering on interior.
Lid: Translucent blue-green.
Slightly outsplayed, downturned rounded rim, with beveled outer edge; outer side concave, then cone-shaped, extending into short, hollow cylindrical stem; oval knob at top with downturned projecting flange.
Intact; some pinprick and larger, elongated horizontal bubbles; slight dulling, pitting, and brilliant iridescence, with small patches of weathering.
Lid fits neatly within mouth of urn.
Rim with everted, rounded lip and downward folded flange projecting below; funnel-shaped neck; ovoid body; splayed hollow foot; concave bottom; two vertical, arched M-shaped handles, attached on opposite sides of upper body, each made of a thick trail, applied as a large circular pad, drawn across body from left to right, and trailed off back along top of handle.
Broken and repaired around one handle with one small hole, and broken around foot and bottom, partially repaired but most of bottom missing; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and some limy encrustation and weathering on exterior, thick soil encrustation and whitish weathering on interior.
Lid: Translucent blue-green.
Slightly outsplayed, downturned rounded rim, with beveled outer edge; outer side concave, then cone-shaped, extending into short, hollow cylindrical stem; oval knob at top with downturned projecting flange.
Intact; some pinprick and larger, elongated horizontal bubbles; slight dulling, pitting, and brilliant iridescence, with small patches of weathering.
Lid fits neatly within mouth of urn.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cinerary urn with lid
- Period: Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H. without cover 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)
H. with cover 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.1a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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