Glass footed jar
Translucent purple; feet in same color; handle trails in translucent pale green.
Rounded rim, folded over and in; flaring oval mouth; slanting cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder, pushed-in on one side; curving side to body, tapering downwards; small, slightly flattened bottom; three solid rod feet applied as squared pads around bottom; nine trails applied as rod handles attached to top of body as pads, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned in and trailed onto edge and top of rim.
Complete, but cracks running through body; pinprick bubbles; heavily pitted and weathered on one side of exterior with brilliant iridescence, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
With nine handles and three feet.
Rounded rim, folded over and in; flaring oval mouth; slanting cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder, pushed-in on one side; curving side to body, tapering downwards; small, slightly flattened bottom; three solid rod feet applied as squared pads around bottom; nine trails applied as rod handles attached to top of body as pads, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned in and trailed onto edge and top of rim.
Complete, but cracks running through body; pinprick bubbles; heavily pitted and weathered on one side of exterior with brilliant iridescence, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
With nine handles and three feet.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass footed jar
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 4th–6th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Palestinian
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.90
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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