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Glass jar

mid-1st–2nd century CE
Not on view
Colorless with a pale blue green tinge.
Horizontal rim, with rounded tubular edge, folded out, down, in, and down again, forming collar around neck; ovoid body; slightly concave bottom.
Intact; many bubbles and blowing striations; some limy encrustation and thick, creamy brown weathering under rim and on interior, deep pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass jar
  • Period: Imperial
  • Date: mid-1st–2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
    Diam.: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (11.4 x 9.8 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
  • Object Number: 81.10.11
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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