Glass vessel in the shape of a basket

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Rounded and slightly thickened rim; body: funnel-shaped profile on front and back, and conical at sides; tubular base ring, made by folding; kick in bottom with large circular pontil mark at center; handle applied on top of rim in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in horizontally and then down vertically, forming square-sided loop, dropped onto top of rim and trailed off back along itself.
Intact; few bubbles dulling, limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.

The vessel, initially made as a cylindrical bowl, had its sides deliberately pushed in at the top, leaving only openings at both ends, to make it into a handled pouring vessel.

Glass vessel in the shape of a basket, Glass, Roman

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