Glass jar
Translucent purple; handles in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and in; funnel-shaped neck; indented shoulder; squat globular body; kick in bottom with trace of pontil; four rod handles, applied as if in pairs to each side, with large pads on upper body, drawn up and outward, then tooled in horizontally, and trailed off on edge of rim.
Complete but one crack in rim and neck; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; severe pitting, iridescence, and thick brownish weathering.
Rim folded out, round, and in; funnel-shaped neck; indented shoulder; squat globular body; kick in bottom with trace of pontil; four rod handles, applied as if in pairs to each side, with large pads on upper body, drawn up and outward, then tooled in horizontally, and trailed off on edge of rim.
Complete but one crack in rim and neck; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; severe pitting, iridescence, and thick brownish weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.217
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter
Italian, Venice (Murano)
16th century
New England Glass Company
1883–88
American
1850–70
Designer Designed by John Ernest Miller
Manufacturer Manufactured by George Duncan and Sons
1878–90
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