Glass miniature jar
Semi-translucent green, appearing opaque black; handles in same color.
Irregular everted rim; short, concave neck; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; bulbous, oval body with thick side; round, thick bottom; two handles applied to edge of shoulder and top of side, drawn up and in, attached to lip of rim, with excess glass drawn up into pinched thumb rests.
On body, side tooled into nine thick projecting ribs that slant downwards from left to right.
Complete, but internal crack on bottom; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of creamy brown weathering, iridescence, and soil encrustation.
Irregular everted rim; short, concave neck; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; bulbous, oval body with thick side; round, thick bottom; two handles applied to edge of shoulder and top of side, drawn up and in, attached to lip of rim, with excess glass drawn up into pinched thumb rests.
On body, side tooled into nine thick projecting ribs that slant downwards from left to right.
Complete, but internal crack on bottom; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of creamy brown weathering, iridescence, and soil encrustation.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass miniature jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Elias Kempner, 1934
- Object Number: 34.132.23
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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