Glass jar

Unknown

4th–6th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue; trail in opaque white. Thickened, rounded rim, tooled into a trefoil shape with upward projecting spout; tooled outward bulge in body on opposite side to spout below rim; sack-shaped body; concave bottom, with faint trace of pontil mark. Single trail wound horizontally ten or more times around body below rim. Intact; many pinprick and larger bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th–6th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917