Glass jar
Translucent streaky yellow green; trails in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and in; broad neck, tapering downwards; globular body; kick in bottom with pontil scar.
Trails applied to bottom and drawn up across body forming nine irregular vertical loops; another trail applied below rim and wound down in a spiral five times, ending over tops of loops.
Intact; many bubbles and some inclusions; dulling, iridescence, and slight weathering on exterior, patches of encrustation and brown weathering with iridescence on interior.
Yellow, with horizontal threads on neck and shoulder and vertical loops on body.
Rim folded out, round, and in; broad neck, tapering downwards; globular body; kick in bottom with pontil scar.
Trails applied to bottom and drawn up across body forming nine irregular vertical loops; another trail applied below rim and wound down in a spiral five times, ending over tops of loops.
Intact; many bubbles and some inclusions; dulling, iridescence, and slight weathering on exterior, patches of encrustation and brown weathering with iridescence on interior.
Yellow, with horizontal threads on neck and shoulder and vertical loops on body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.164
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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