Glass jar

Unknown

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

Translucent pale blue green; trail and handles in translucent blue green streaked with opaque dark brown red. Rim slightly outsplayed, with rounded vertical lip; below hollow folded flange; funnel-shaped neck; sloping shoulder; body with convex side, tapering downwards to pushed-in bottom with kick and pontil scar; four handles, arranged in pairs on opposite sides of vessel, applied in large claw pads to edge of shoulder, drawn up and out, then folded in to flange, drawn up again to form hollow loop, and trailed off on top edge of rim. Single fine trail wound horizontally two and a half times around middle of body. Broken on one side of rim and neck with one large hole; many pinprick and some larger bubbles; dulling, faint weathering, and iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence covering much of interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th–6th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Museum Accession