Glass jug
Small jug.
Translucent light blue green; handle, foot ring, and trail in same color.
Uneven rim folded over and into flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; biconical body; low, applied foot ring; flat bottom, with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle, attached to upper body with long downward claws, drawn up, round, and in, folded down and up, and attached to underside of mouth and edge of rim over trail, with projecting hollow loop.
One thicker trail wound horizontally slightly more than once around underside of mouth, then wound nearly twice down in a spiral on top of neck.
Complete, but crack extending from rim down mouth; many bubbles, some large and elongated, with streaky black impurities in rim and mouth; faint weathering and iridescence on exterior, patches of creamy brown weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Translucent light blue green; handle, foot ring, and trail in same color.
Uneven rim folded over and into flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; biconical body; low, applied foot ring; flat bottom, with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle, attached to upper body with long downward claws, drawn up, round, and in, folded down and up, and attached to underside of mouth and edge of rim over trail, with projecting hollow loop.
One thicker trail wound horizontally slightly more than once around underside of mouth, then wound nearly twice down in a spiral on top of neck.
Complete, but crack extending from rim down mouth; many bubbles, some large and elongated, with streaky black impurities in rim and mouth; faint weathering and iridescence on exterior, patches of creamy brown weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Diam.: 1 5/8 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/2 in. (4.1 x 7.1 x 3.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.193
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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