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Translucent blue green.
Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid body; deep concave bottom.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation and weathering on exterior, limy encrustation and pitting and iridescent weathering on interior.
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Title: Glass jar (olla) used as a cinerary urn
Period: Early Imperial
Date: mid-1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Diam.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.144a
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