Glass jar

Unknown

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

Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Uneven horizontal rim, with rounded tubular edge, folded out, down, and in, forming collar around neck; ovoid body; concave bottom. Intact, but internal cracks around rim; large and pinprick bubbles, with yellow green impurity streak in rim; some dulling, slight pitting and iridescent weathering, but much of exterior and interior covered with thick limy encrustation and creamy brown weathering.

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