Roman, Imperial period, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A gorgeous jar free-blown from light green glass to present a thick trailing that zigzags between the shoulder and rim to form an openwork collar. The vessel displays a piriform body rising to a short cylindrical neck that gently flares to a folded rim. Finally, as the piece de resistance, thick undulating trails run from rim to the shoulder and marvelous silver and blue violet iridescence kisses the surface! Size: 2.8" Diameter x 3.3" H (7.1 cm x 8.4 cm)

Similar glass vessels can be found at the Corning Museum of Glass (74.1.26 and 53.1.6), Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum (JHAM HT 127), and the Science Museum London (A54786).

Exhibited in “Ancient Glass: Selections from the Richard Brockway Collection” at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem from March 10 to May 19, 2007 and “Glass of the Ancient World” at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida from October 11 to December 28, 2008.

Published in “Ancient Glass: Selections from the Richard Brockway Collection.” Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem, 2007; and “Glass of the Ancient World.” Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida

Provenance: private Vero Beach, Florida, USA collection, acquired before 2003

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Intact and excellent with rich weathering film, slight iridescence, and earthen deposits in areas. Pontil mark on underside of base. A pontil scar or mark indicates that a vessel was free-blown, while the absence of such a mark suggests that the work was either mold-blown or that the mark was intentionally smoothed away or wore away over time.