Glass jar

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue green.
Rounded, flaring, tubular rim, folded out and down, forming collar around neck; broad ovoid body, tapering sharply downwards; bottom pushed in to form hollow foot ring.
Intact; some very large bubblesbubbles and blowing striations; slight brownish weathering and faint iridescence.

The jar is recorded as having been found with the mold-blown gladiator cup (81.10.245) that is displayed in the Roman Imperial Art gallery, Gallery 168 on the First Floor.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman

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