Glass jug
Small one-handled jug
Translucent pale bluish green, with translucent deep purple handle.
Rounded tubular rim folded out, over, and in to flaring mouth; short, concave neck; globular body; integral tubular base ring; flat bottom with small central indent; rod handle applied to upper body in a large pad with tooling indent, drawn out and up, tooled in to flat projection, then turned in and trailed on to rim, with another tooled projection above.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and glassy inclusions in body; dulling, iridescence, and weathering on body.
Translucent pale bluish green, with translucent deep purple handle.
Rounded tubular rim folded out, over, and in to flaring mouth; short, concave neck; globular body; integral tubular base ring; flat bottom with small central indent; rod handle applied to upper body in a large pad with tooling indent, drawn out and up, tooled in to flat projection, then turned in and trailed on to rim, with another tooled projection above.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and glassy inclusions in body; dulling, iridescence, and weathering on body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Other: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.137
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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