jar
Object NameJar
Made FromGlass
Date400-599
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 15.2 cm, D: 7.3 cm
Accession Number54.1.103
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent light green. Blown (two gathers); handles applied. Jar with wide neck and egg-shaped body. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical, wider at top than at bottom and with hollow cordon at junction with rim; foot in form of hollow cone, made from separate gather; with rounded edge; pontil mark. Fourteen virtually identical handles dropped onto widest part of body, drawn out, up, and in, and attached to neck immediately below cordon, then drawn up and cast off on top of rim; lower attachments overlap; some handles are vertical, but others slant up from right to left.Provenance
Source
Pierpont Morgan Library
- 1954-09-21
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