Glass jar

Unknown

1st–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale green. Uneven, ground rim with short bulging neck below; sack-shaped body; thick bottom with small central kick and pontil scar. Ten bands of horizontal wheel-abraded lines on body extending from neck to bottom. Broken and repaired with parts of neck and upper body missing; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and patches of iridescent weathering on interior. Greenish glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881