Glass jug with trefoil rim
Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Tubular rim folded over, in, and pressed into sides of neck, then tooled into trefoil shape; cylindrical, funnel-shaped neck, slightly tooled in at base; bulbous body; slightly concave bottom; strap handle applied in two large splayed claw pads to top of body, drawn up and outward, curved in, with a vertical fold as thumb rest above rim, and then trailed on to outer edge of rim and top of neck.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, with weathering and iridescence.
Tubular rim folded over, in, and pressed into sides of neck, then tooled into trefoil shape; cylindrical, funnel-shaped neck, slightly tooled in at base; bulbous body; slightly concave bottom; strap handle applied in two large splayed claw pads to top of body, drawn up and outward, curved in, with a vertical fold as thumb rest above rim, and then trailed on to outer edge of rim and top of neck.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, with weathering and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug with trefoil rim
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16in. (13.8cm)
Other: 3 1/8in. (7.9cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.120
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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