Glass jar with basket handle
Translucent blue green; handles in same color.
Everted rim, folded over and in, and pressed into side of neck; funnel-shaped neck; squat, globular body; broad kick in bottom with large pontil mark; four rod handles applied in large claw pads to upper body; two drawn up and outwards, then turned in at angle, and trailed onto edge of rim; the other two handles drawn up more vertically to edge of rim, and another handle applied over one of these handles and inside of rim, drawn up in a large loop, and trailed off over the other handle on the opposite side of vessel.
Broken, with several large cracks and one large hole in rim and neck; bubbles and blowing striations, with some black, streaky impurities in handles; dulling, slight pitting, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Everted rim, folded over and in, and pressed into side of neck; funnel-shaped neck; squat, globular body; broad kick in bottom with large pontil mark; four rod handles applied in large claw pads to upper body; two drawn up and outwards, then turned in at angle, and trailed onto edge of rim; the other two handles drawn up more vertically to edge of rim, and another handle applied over one of these handles and inside of rim, drawn up in a large loop, and trailed off over the other handle on the opposite side of vessel.
Broken, with several large cracks and one large hole in rim and neck; bubbles and blowing striations, with some black, streaky impurities in handles; dulling, slight pitting, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar with basket handle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 5th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 7 1/2in. (19.1cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.21.211
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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