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Glass dish used as a lid of a cinerary urn

mid-1st century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent pale yellowish green.
Rim folded out and down, forming collar around top of side; shallow side, bulging slightly downwards, and then turned sharply in to pushed-in floor; solid, low outsplayed foot ring; slightly concave bottom.
Intact; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, severe pitting of surface bubbles, and iridescence, with patches of limy encrustation around rim.
The dish was turned upside down and placed over the rim of the jar to form a lid.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass dish used as a lid of a cinerary urn
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: mid-1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
    Diam.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.144b
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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