Glass miniature jar 4th–5th century Roman, Syrian Semi-translucent green, appearing opaque black; handles in same everted rim; short, concave neck; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; bulbous, oval body with thick side; round, thick bottom; two handles applied to edge of shoulder and top of side, drawn up and in, attached to lip of rim, with excess glass drawn up into pinched thumb body, side tooled into nine thick projecting ribs that slant downwards from left to , but internal crack on bottom; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of creamy
Glass miniature jar 4th–5th century Roman, Syrian Semi-translucent green, appearing opaque black; handles in same everted rim; short, concave neck; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; bulbous, oval body with thick side; round, thick bottom; two handles applied to edge of shoulder and top of side, drawn up and in, attached to lip of rim, with excess glass drawn up into pinched thumb body, side tooled into nine thick projecting ribs that slant downwards from left to , but internal crack on bottom; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, patches of creamy brown weathering, iridescence, and soil Glass miniature jar 253452 Roman, Syrian, Glass miniature jar, 4th?5th century , Glass, H.: 1 7/8 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Elias Kempner, 1934 ()
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