Jar with Two Handles and Lid

Object Name: 
Jar with Two Handles and Lid

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Object Name: 
Jar with Two Handles and Lid
Place Made: 
Western Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
54.1.5
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.2 cm; Jar H: 23.7 cm, Diam (max): 20.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1-199
Primary Description: 
Jar (a) and Lid (b). (a) Greenish blue transparent glass; blown; (b) pale greenish blue transparent glass; blown. (a) Jar is ovoid with two opposed handles. Rim outsplayed, neck short, tapering; wall straightens at bottom, hollow foot; no pontil mark. Handles are vertical, inverted U-shaped. (b) Cover is dome-shaped. Knop hollow, cylindrical, with flattened, disk-shaped top; rim is broad horizontal flange with rounded lip.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Komor, Mathias, Source
1954-05-01
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
greenish blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Contrasts: A Glass Primer
Venue(s)
Museum of Glass 2006-11-10 through 2009-10-11

Publications (4)

Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015) illustrated, p. 17 (fig. 15); BIB# 149403
Contrasts: A Glass Primer (2007) illustrated, p. 12, 13 (detail); BIB# 100121
Shades of Glass (2006) illustrated, p. 16, bottom left; BIB# 100967
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 173-174, #304; p. 353, #304; BIB# 58895