Glass hexagonal jug
Translucent pale blue green, with same color handle.
Trefoil rim with upward partially thickened and rounded edge; deep, funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck that expands downwards; sloping shoulder; hexagonal body, tapering downwards, with impressed side panels; pushed-in bottom, with central pontil scar; rod handle, applied to neck in large pad, drawn out and up in a curving loop, then trailed onto back of mouth and rim.
On body, six rectangular panels, decorated with matching pairs of three different geometric relief patterns: three vertical lozenges with central dots and half lozenges to either side, a lattice of diamond-shaped bosses, and a stylized palm frond with leaves to either side of central stem; on bottom, an indistinct star or rosette.
Intact; very many pinprick and elongated larger bubbles; creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
Moulded glass; with conventional patterns.
Trefoil rim with upward partially thickened and rounded edge; deep, funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck that expands downwards; sloping shoulder; hexagonal body, tapering downwards, with impressed side panels; pushed-in bottom, with central pontil scar; rod handle, applied to neck in large pad, drawn out and up in a curving loop, then trailed onto back of mouth and rim.
On body, six rectangular panels, decorated with matching pairs of three different geometric relief patterns: three vertical lozenges with central dots and half lozenges to either side, a lattice of diamond-shaped bosses, and a stylized palm frond with leaves to either side of central stem; on bottom, an indistinct star or rosette.
Intact; very many pinprick and elongated larger bubbles; creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and weathering on interior.
Moulded glass; with conventional patterns.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass hexagonal jug
- Period: Early Byzantine
- Date: 6th–early 7th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Palestinian
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: H.: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.255
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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