Glass jar
Translucent cobalt blue; trail in opaque white.
Thickened, rounded rim, tooled into a trefoil shape with upward projecting spout; tooled outward bulge in body on opposite side to spout below rim; sack-shaped body; concave bottom, with faint trace of pontil mark.
Single trail wound horizontally ten or more times around body below rim.
Intact; many pinprick and larger bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence.
Thickened, rounded rim, tooled into a trefoil shape with upward projecting spout; tooled outward bulge in body on opposite side to spout below rim; sack-shaped body; concave bottom, with faint trace of pontil mark.
Single trail wound horizontally ten or more times around body below rim.
Intact; many pinprick and larger bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 4th–6th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.298
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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