VesselsGreek

Jar

Description

Jar; indented base, spherical body, short neck, flaring ring rim. Intact; opaque dirt accretions on interior, bands of opaque white around the mouth and along the sides.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Blue-green glass

Culture

Greek

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Bettina Jane Kahnweiler, New York City, NY (by 1935), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1935.

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