Glass jar

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale green.
Uneven, ground rim with short bulging neck below; sack-shaped body; thick bottom with small central kick and pontil scar.
Ten bands of horizontal wheel-abraded lines on body extending from neck to bottom.
Broken and repaired with parts of neck and upper body missing; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and patches of iridescent weathering on interior.

Greenish glass.

Glass jar, Glass, Roman

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