Roman Glass 100 BC - 400 AD

Large ribbed jar

FH95

Transparent light olive-green glass.                          Eastern Mediterranean.                                          Late fourth, early fifth century AD.                            Height 13.5 cm

Large jar of transparent olive-green voloured glass with 25 diagonal ribs in the Z direction (from bottom left to top right). Squat, conical body with rounded shoulder. Short conical neck with a hollow rounded fold below furnaced finished rim. Shallow kicked-in base

Compare:                                                                  Princeton University Art Museum (Antonaras 2012, cat. no. 111)                                                                Royal Ontario Museum (Hayes 1975, cat. no. 327)