Glass jar with handles
Translucent pale green; handles in same color.
Plain, vertical rim; slightly flaring mouth, with large tubular fold below; broad, slightly funnel-shaped neck; bulbous body, tapering downward; pushed-in bottom with central kick and pontil scar; two handles applied as large pads to top of body, drawn upward, then turned in horizontally, and trailed up over fold, and pinched off on top of rim.
Complete except for one small chip in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and patches of thick creamy weathering on all surfaces.
Plain, vertical rim; slightly flaring mouth, with large tubular fold below; broad, slightly funnel-shaped neck; bulbous body, tapering downward; pushed-in bottom with central kick and pontil scar; two handles applied as large pads to top of body, drawn upward, then turned in horizontally, and trailed up over fold, and pinched off on top of rim.
Complete except for one small chip in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and patches of thick creamy weathering on all surfaces.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar with handles
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.52
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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