Glass cinerary urn
Everted rim, folded down, round, up, and in, forming a solid, vertical collar and upward-projecting lip; flaring mouth; short, concave neck; large, piriform body; splayed hollow foot; concave bottom; two vertical, omega-shaped handles, attached on opposite sides of upper body, each made of a thick trail, applied as a large circular pad, drawn across body from left to right, and trailed off back along top of handle.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and bands of horizontal scratches on exterior of mouth and upper part of body; dulling, patches of thick creamy brown weathering, and iridescence on exterior, and brilliant iridescent weathering and soil encrustation on interior.
For holding ashes of the dead.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cinerary urn
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1230
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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