Glass jar
Translucent light blue green; trails in same color.
Rounded rim with partially upturned lip; broad, outsplayed mouth; short, concave neck; sloping shoulder; bulbous body, tapering downwards; deep kick in bottom with traces of circular pontil mark.
Horizontal trail wound once round underside of mouth; another trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between outer edge of shoulder and rim, forming openwork collar, with overlap extending for two zigzags.
Intact; many bubbles and some black impurities in side of body and rim; dulling, patches of soil encrustation and weathering, and some iridescence.
Rounded rim with partially upturned lip; broad, outsplayed mouth; short, concave neck; sloping shoulder; bulbous body, tapering downwards; deep kick in bottom with traces of circular pontil mark.
Horizontal trail wound once round underside of mouth; another trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between outer edge of shoulder and rim, forming openwork collar, with overlap extending for two zigzags.
Intact; many bubbles and some black impurities in side of body and rim; dulling, patches of soil encrustation and weathering, and some iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Diam.: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (8.3 x 6.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.174
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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