Glass miniature jar

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue; one trail in same color, zigzag trail and base ring in opaque brownish red.
Everted rim, folded over and in; short cylindrical neck with concave profile; projecting, rounded shoulder; bulbous body with side tapering downwards; applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with central pontil mark.
Fine blue trail wound in a spiral twice around neck; thicker red trail applied to shoulder and drawn up to rim seven times forming openwork zigzag running from left to right.
Body complete but cracked and chipped, part of zigzag trail and base ring missing; pinprick and larger bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescent weathering.

Blue jar with red opaque foot and red zigzag thread from neck to body.

Glass miniature jar, Glass, Roman

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