Glass cinerary urn with lid 1st–early 2nd century Roman Urn: Translucent blue green; handles in same rim, folded out, down, round, up, and in, and smoothed into side of mouth; funnel-shaped neck; sloping shoulder; piriform body; splayed hollow foot; deep concave bottom; two vertical, arched, inverted U-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 ; few bubbles; slight dulling, limy encrustation, and iridescent weatherin
Glass cinerary urn with lid 1st–early 2nd century Roman Urn: Translucent blue green; handles in same rim, folded out, down, round, up, and in, and smoothed into side of mouth; funnel-shaped neck; sloping shoulder; piriform body; splayed hollow foot; deep concave bottom; two vertical, arched, inverted U-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 ; few bubbles; slight dulling, limy encrustation, and iridescent : Translucent blue , rounded rim; outer side flat, then cone-shaped, extending into short, hollow cylindrical stem; circular knob at top with downturned projecting flange and irregular hole at ; a few pinprick bubbles; slight dulling, limy encrustation, and iridescent lid fits snugly in the mouth of the urn and has the same weathering, suggesting that they belong majority of glass cinerary urns come from Roman cemeteries in Italy or the northwest provinces, where cremation was the preferred form of burial in the Early Imperial period. This example, however, was reportedly found in a tomb in North Africa. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1210. Glass cinerary urn with lid, Part 1 Play or pause #1210. Glass cinerary urn with lid, Part 2 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Glass cinerary urn with lid. Roman. 1st–early 2nd century Glass; blown. Imperial, Flavian or Trajanic. Glass
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