Glass jar

Unknown

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

Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Rounded, flaring, tubular rim, folded out and down, forming collar around neck; broad ovoid body; bottom pushed in to form hollow foot ring. On body, sixteen projecting roughly vertical ribs of differing lengths and shapes (some almost straight, others sinuous), four of which extend onto the neck below the collar. Intact, except for one small chip in one of the ribs; some bubbles and a few white glassy inclusions; slight brownish weathering and faint iridescence. Sealed within the rim are fine particles of dry, loose sand.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd half of 1st–mid-2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881