jar

Object NameJar

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H (max): 8.6 cm; Body Diam: 7.4 cm

Accession Number62.1.51

Credit LineGift of George D. Macbeth

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionJar. Transparent light bluish-green glass, bubbly; blown, applied. Rim short and outsplayed, with irregular lip rounded by fire-polishing; wall splays with slightly undulating profile, then curves in at bottom; plain with low conical kick; pontil mark. Wall decorated with eleven 11 applied ribs, which curve downward from right to left; at junction of rim and wall, single trail wound in one incomplete horizontal revolution.
Provenance

Source George D. Macbeth (1892-1968) - 1962