Glass miniature jar

Roman, Syrian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Semi-translucent green, appearing opaque black; handles in same color.
Irregular everted rim; short, concave neck; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; bulbous, oval body with thick side; round, thick bottom; two handles applied to edge of shoulder and top of side, drawn up and in, attached to lip of rim, with excess glass drawn up into pinched thumb rests.
On body, side tooled into nine thick projecting ribs that slant downwards from left to right.
Complete, but internal crack on bottom; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of creamy brown weathering, iridescence, and soil encrustation.

Glass miniature jar, Glass, Roman, Syrian

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