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Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jar

Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jar. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Height: 11/16 x 5/8 in. (1.8 x 1.7 cm). Date: late 3rd-4th century A.D.. Uncertain color, appearing black, with same color pad base and loop handle; applied blobs in opaque yellow, white, and (possibly) light blue. Large rounded loop at top for suspension; squat globular body; pad base with rounded edge and flat bottom. Body decorated with small marvered blobs of varying sizes and one unmarvered blue blob. Intact; dulling, pitting, and patchy black weathering.
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Title: Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jar
Caption: Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jar. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Height: 11/16 x 5/8 in. (1.8 x 1.7 cm). Date: late 3rd-4th century A.D.. Uncertain color, appearing black, with same color pad base and loop handle; applied blobs in opaque yellow, white, and (possibly) light blue. Large rounded loop at top for suspension; squat globular body; pad base with rounded edge and flat bottom. Body decorated with small marvered blobs of varying sizes and one unmarvered blue blob. Intact; dulling, pitting, and patchy black weathering.
Technique/material: Glass; rod-formed, blobbed, and tooled
Period: Late Imperial
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location: ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3152 × 4261 px | 38.4 MB
Print size: 26.7 × 36.1 cm | 1240.9 × 1677.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: GLASS • GLASS; ROD-FORMED, BLOBBED, AND TOOLED • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • LATE IMPERIAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PENDANTS • ROMAN EMPIRE