Glass jar with lid

A square-bodied glass jar with a flared, thickened rim, its pale aqua walls clouded by iridescent weathering. Soft studio light shows the mottled surface and faint rings near the base, with the vessel set alone against a plain grey ground.

Look closer: Faint concentric rings in the glass near the base, left by the making process.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st–late 2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881