Glass jar (olla) used as a cinerary urn

Unknown

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

Translucent blue green. Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid body; deep concave bottom. Intact; some bubbles; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation and weathering on exterior, limy encrustation and pitting and iridescent weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917