Glass jar with four handles
Translucent manganese purple; handles in translucent pale green.
Rim slightly outsplayed, with rounded vertical lip; below hollow folded flange; funnel-shaped neck; uneven, slightly pushed-in shoulder; body with convex side, tapering downwards to small, pushed-in bottom with small pontil mark; four handles applied in large pads to top of side, drawn up vertically, turned in at a right angle, then folded upwards over flange to top of rim.
Part of rim and top of one handle missing, with weathered edges, but body complete; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, deep pitting, patches of weathering, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, whitish weathering covering much of interior.
Rim slightly outsplayed, with rounded vertical lip; below hollow folded flange; funnel-shaped neck; uneven, slightly pushed-in shoulder; body with convex side, tapering downwards to small, pushed-in bottom with small pontil mark; four handles applied in large pads to top of side, drawn up vertically, turned in at a right angle, then folded upwards over flange to top of rim.
Part of rim and top of one handle missing, with weathered edges, but body complete; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, deep pitting, patches of weathering, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, whitish weathering covering much of interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar with four handles
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 2 7/8in. (7.3cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.21.192
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter
New England Glass Company
1883–88
Italian, Venice (Murano)
16th century
Roman
mid-1st–late 2nd century CE
Roman
1st–3rd century CE
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