Glass one-handled jug

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Translucent deep blue-green; handle in same color.

Thick, tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in; broad, conical neck; broad, shallow, angular shoulder; cylindrical body with side tapering downwards; almost flat bottom; broad, reeded strap handle applied to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and slightly inwards, then bent in at an acute angle, and attached to neck and trailed off up neck and over underside and lip of rim.

Intact; pinprick and larger bubbles, and blowing striations; slight dulling and faint iridescence.

Glass one-handled jug, Glass, Roman

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