Glass jar
Translucent pale yellow green; trail in same color.
Rounded, everted rim with hollow, folded flange below; wide cylindrical neck tapering downwards; pushed-in, almost horizontal shoulder; biconical body; concave bottom with central, thick kick inside and raised circular pontil mark.
Single trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between upper section of body and underside of rim, forming openwork collar, with narrow loops at top and pointed fins at bottom; on body, thirteen irregular vertical indents.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of soil encrustation and weathering, and some iridescence.
Rounded, everted rim with hollow, folded flange below; wide cylindrical neck tapering downwards; pushed-in, almost horizontal shoulder; biconical body; concave bottom with central, thick kick inside and raised circular pontil mark.
Single trail wound round from left to right in zigzag between upper section of body and underside of rim, forming openwork collar, with narrow loops at top and pointed fins at bottom; on body, thirteen irregular vertical indents.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of soil encrustation and weathering, and some iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jar
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Height: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Diameter: 4 in. (10.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1414
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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