Glass jug
Small one-handled jug
Translucent pale blue green; handle and trail in same color.
Rim folded over and in and pressed into outer edge of broad, flaring mouth; short and slender concave neck, expanding downwards to piriform body; integral tubular base ring; pushed-in bottom with central pontil mark; rod handle applied as a large, uneven pad to top of body, drawn up and out, curved in horizontally and trailed onto underside of mouth and edgeof rim, with outward projecting thumb-rest above.
Trail in 1.5 turns around neck.
Intact, except for part of trail; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and milky weathering with iridesence
Translucent pale blue green; handle and trail in same color.
Rim folded over and in and pressed into outer edge of broad, flaring mouth; short and slender concave neck, expanding downwards to piriform body; integral tubular base ring; pushed-in bottom with central pontil mark; rod handle applied as a large, uneven pad to top of body, drawn up and out, curved in horizontally and trailed onto underside of mouth and edgeof rim, with outward projecting thumb-rest above.
Trail in 1.5 turns around neck.
Intact, except for part of trail; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and milky weathering with iridesence
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Other: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.116
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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