Glass jar

Unknown

mid-1st–2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Thick horizontal rim, with rounded tubular edge, folded out, down, in, and down again, forming collar around neck, unevenly tooled and set at an angle to ovoid body; concave bottom. Intact, but some small internal cracks; many bubbles, some black streaky impurities in rim; faint iridescent weathering on exterior, limy encrustation and thick, creamy brown weathering on interior. Sealed inside the tubular rim is visible a quantity of liquid, probably water, that seeped in when the jar was buried.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881