Glass jar

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small jar. Colorless with blue green tinge. Rim folded down, round, and pressed into outer edge of broad, outsplayed mouth; very narrow concave neck; globular body; pushed-in bottom. Large cracks, part of rim and neck missing with weathered breaks; pinprick bubbles; dulling, creamy white weathering, and iridescence covering most of surfaces.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881