Glass jar

Roman, Syrian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless; trails and base in translucent cobalt blue.
Everted rim, folded over and in, pressed flat on upper surface and with beveled outer edge; broad horizontal mouth; funnel-shaped neck; broad sloping shoulder; bulbous body, tapering downwards; solid base pad, applied as a coil and flattened underneath, with pontil scar.
One fine trail wound round in a spiral on underside of mouth; a thick trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between outer edge of shoulder and rim, forming openwork collar, with overlap extending for a single upward section; another thick trail wound around lower body as a continuous, irregular zigzag.
Intact, but internal cracks running around body; pinprick and larger bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and enamel-like brownish weathering.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman, Syrian

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