Glass jar
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 2nd half of 1st–mid-2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.10
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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