Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Spouted Jar

Made By Syrian
Date200-599 AD
PeriodLate Roman Imperial Period
Mediumfree-blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/16 x 3 5/8 in. (10.3 x 9.2 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles T. Cook
Object number30.1.28
DescriptionNatural light greenish-blue glass. Low, rounded body. Cylindrical neck widening towards the top. Fire-rounded rim. Deeply concave base with pontil-mark. Spout on belly from separate merged and drawn paraison -broken. Two rings of applied glass on neck - one near top, the other near bottom - of greenish-blue glass. Neck broken in four pieces. Incrustation on interior. Iridescent film.
Inscribedon bottom on label in black ink: [illegible]
On View
Not on view