Glass barrel-shaped jar. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D..Colorless with green tinge; trails in same color.Thick, everted, rounded rim, misshapen on one side; side slanting out to convex mid-point on body, then slanting in to solid low base ring; uneven bottom with low central kick and prominent pontil mark.One trail applied to side above mid-point and wound from left to right in a spiral 7 times up body, ending under rim; another trail applied to side just below mid-point and wound from right to left in a spiral 6½ times down body, ending on edge of base.Intact; some bubbles and a few black impurities; slight dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.The trails around the body are meant to represent the hoops around a wooden barrel. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Glass barrel-shaped jar. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm). Date: 2nd century A.D..Colorless with green tinge; trails in same color.Thick, everted, rounded rim, misshapen on one side; side slanting out to convex mid-point on body, then slanting in to solid low base ring; uneven bottom with low central kick and prominent pontil mark.One trail applied to side above mid-point and wound from left to right in a spiral 7 times up body, ending under rim; another trail applied to side just below mid-point and wound from right to left in a spiral 6½ times down body, ending on edge of base.Intact; some bubbles and a few black impurities; slight dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.The trails around the body are meant to represent the hoops around a wooden barrel. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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