Translucent dark blue green; same color handle.
Everted rim, folded round and in; slightly concave, cylindrical neck; broad, sloping shoulder; funnel-shaped body, tapering to a thick bottom, with kick and large pontil scar; three ribbed strap handle applied to shoulder with two claws at edges projecting downwards, drawn up, turned in horizontally, and folded onto top of neck and lip of rim.
Intact; many pinprick and a few large bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, and faint iridescence on exterior, encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Credit: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Glass; blown
15.9cm
81.10.290
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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