Glass barrel-shaped jar
Colorless with green tinge; trails in same color.
Thick, everted, rounded rim, misshapen on one side; side slanting out to convex mid-point on body, then slanting in to solid low base ring; uneven bottom with low central kick and prominent pontil mark.
One trail applied to side above mid-point and wound from left to right in a spiral 7 times up body, ending under rim; another trail applied to side just below mid-point and wound from right to left in a spiral 6½ times down body, ending on edge of base.
Intact; some bubbles and a few black impurities; slight dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The trails around the body are meant to represent the hoops around a wooden barrel.
Thick, everted, rounded rim, misshapen on one side; side slanting out to convex mid-point on body, then slanting in to solid low base ring; uneven bottom with low central kick and prominent pontil mark.
One trail applied to side above mid-point and wound from left to right in a spiral 7 times up body, ending under rim; another trail applied to side just below mid-point and wound from right to left in a spiral 6½ times down body, ending on edge of base.
Intact; some bubbles and a few black impurities; slight dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The trails around the body are meant to represent the hoops around a wooden barrel.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass barrel-shaped jar
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.300
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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