Roman Miniature Glass Jar

4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (51.34 grams, 47 mm wide).

With broad shoulder and conical body, everted rim, two loop handles and applied undulating band to the shoulder.

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 297, for similar.

Footnotes

This jar is a Syro-Palestinian type. Similar jars were found in the graves of Beit Fajjar, Palestine, and usually dated at the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Their colour is usually yellow-green or light green, but purple is also used.

CONDITION

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