Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1988.05.005
Glass Vase, Roman
100 BCE – 1 BCE (Earliest date)
200 BCE – 101 BCE (Latest date)
200 BCE – 101 BCE (Latest date)
Glass
Blown glass
Vases
3.5 in H
(Object)
Notes: measurement for part "b": 2 inches at the base and 1.5 inches at the neck
2 in H (Object)
Notes: measurement for part "a" (neck of vessel, broken): 1,5 inches at the neck, 2 inches at the lip
5 cm H (Object)
Notes: measurement for part "b": 2 inches at the base and 1.5 inches at the neck
2 in H (Object)
Notes: measurement for part "a" (neck of vessel, broken): 1,5 inches at the neck, 2 inches at the lip
5 cm H (Object)
Roman;Syrian
bottom half - flares out from neck into a globular but flat-botttomed base. Neck and lip are straight and flares slightly. No decoration is visible.
Much of the ancient glass of Syrian and Persian origin is at times classified as Roman because Rome controlled these areas during the reign of Julius Caesar. Roman efforts at blowing glass resulted in bottles or flasks of simple shapes with a fre-blown bulbous body, a longish cylindrical neck and a projecting rim. Mostly all were made without handles. So-called tear bottles, small club-formed vials, were supposedly receptacles for the tears of mourners and are common funerary finds
- exhibition label from Marjory Pikunas
- exhibition label from Marjory Pikunas
In Collection
Bought from R. H. Macy on June 29 1931
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