Glass aryballos (oil bottle)

Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale green; handles in same color.
Collared rim folded out, down, round, and up, and flattened on top, with projecting outer flange; short cylindrical neck; globular body; rounded bottom; two small handles applied to top of body in round pads, drawn up, and trailed on to neck and underside of rim.
Intact; some bubbles and a few black impurities, with pitted and scratched surface on bottom; one patch of pitting on body, and faint iridescent weathering.

Glass aryballos (oil bottle), Glass, Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

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