Glass cinerary urn (olla), mid-1st–2nd century


Glass cinerary urn (olla), Imperial, mid-1st–2nd century , Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 9 11/16 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent blue green. Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid body; deep concave bottom. Intact, but with one internal crack running vertically from rim to top of side; some bubbles; dulling, pitting, limy encrustation, faint iridescence, and patchy whitish weathering on exterior, limy encrustation and thick weathering with brilliant iridescence on interior


Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 11/16, 9, , beveled, blown, blue, body, bottom, brilliant, broad, bubbles, century, cinerary, cm, concave, crack, deep, dulling, encrustation, everted, exterior, faint, folding, glass, green, imperial, intact, interior, internal, iridescence, limy, mid-1st–2nd, olla, ovoid, patchy, pitting, rim, roman, running, side, surface, thick, top, translucent, tubular, upper, urn, vertically, weathering, whitish