Jar
Jar

Currently not on view

Jar,

4th–5th, or possibly 6th–7th, century CE

Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
y1946-348

Information

Title
Jar
Dates

4th–5th, or possibly 6th–7th, century CE

Medium
Transparent light green and dark blue glass
Dimensions
h. 5.3 cm, diam. rim 2.6 cm, diam. base 2.1 cm, max. diam. 4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 x 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Platt from the bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
y1946-348
Place Made

Levant

Description
In-folded rim, slightly flaring; short, wide, cylindrical neck; horizontal shoulder; tapering body; concave bottom. Zigzag of dark blue thread around the upper part of body. At the center of the bottom is a solid, circular pontil mark, 0.5 cm. wide.
Period
Roman (style or period), Late Antique
Type
jars, glass
Materials
free-blown glass
Subject
zigzags

Given to the Museum by Mrs. Platt from bequest of Dan Fellows Platt

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