Glass two-handled jar
Translucent pale blue-green; handles in streaky translucent purple.
Vertical, rounded, and possibly tubular rim, with projecting horizontal flange below; broad, funnel-shaped neck; uneven shoulder, sloping on one side, horizontal and slightly pushed-in on the other; body with convex side, tapering downward; concave bottom, with small, circular pontil scar; two handles applied in large, thick pads to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in and trailed onto flange and then up to top of rim (where one is folded back on itself as a short trail, and the other is broken off).
Intact; few bubbles; patches of soil encrustation and weathering, some dulling and iridescence.
Vertical, rounded, and possibly tubular rim, with projecting horizontal flange below; broad, funnel-shaped neck; uneven shoulder, sloping on one side, horizontal and slightly pushed-in on the other; body with convex side, tapering downward; concave bottom, with small, circular pontil scar; two handles applied in large, thick pads to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in and trailed onto flange and then up to top of rim (where one is folded back on itself as a short trail, and the other is broken off).
Intact; few bubbles; patches of soil encrustation and weathering, some dulling and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass two-handled jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Miss Ida H. Ogilvie, 1951
- Object Number: 51.80.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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