Glass jug
Translucent pale yellow green; handle in same color.
Broad tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in, then pressed flat, forming a constriction to mouth; cylindrical neck, tapering slightly downwards, with tooling indent around base; broad conical body, curving in to almost flat bottom; broad strap handle applied to upper body, drawn out and upwards, then bent in at an angle, and pressed onto top of neck in a thick pad.
On body, 4 horizontal bands of fine wheel-braded lines.
Intact; some pinprick and elongated bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and red brown encrustation.
Broad tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in, then pressed flat, forming a constriction to mouth; cylindrical neck, tapering slightly downwards, with tooling indent around base; broad conical body, curving in to almost flat bottom; broad strap handle applied to upper body, drawn out and upwards, then bent in at an angle, and pressed onto top of neck in a thick pad.
On body, 4 horizontal bands of fine wheel-braded lines.
Intact; some pinprick and elongated bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and red brown encrustation.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Early to Mid Imperial
- Date: 1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.86
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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