Glass jug in the shape of a bunch of grapes
Translucent cobalt blue with same color handle.
Thick rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled inner lip; flaring mouth; tall cylindrical neck; piriform body; round bottom; handle with three ribs, attached with open claws to top of body, drawn up, turned in onto top of neck and trailed off along underside of rim with projecting end. Body blown into a two-part mold, with seam running from base of neck down sides and around bottom.
On body, a pattern of stylized grapes comprising nine irregular interlocking rows of hemispherical knobs.
Broken and repaired, with part of rim and mouth missing (with weathered edges) and cracks around body and handle; some bubbles and a few black impurities; patches of dulling, iridescence, and thick limy weathering.
Jug in the form of grapes, blue.
Thick rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled inner lip; flaring mouth; tall cylindrical neck; piriform body; round bottom; handle with three ribs, attached with open claws to top of body, drawn up, turned in onto top of neck and trailed off along underside of rim with projecting end. Body blown into a two-part mold, with seam running from base of neck down sides and around bottom.
On body, a pattern of stylized grapes comprising nine irregular interlocking rows of hemispherical knobs.
Broken and repaired, with part of rim and mouth missing (with weathered edges) and cracks around body and handle; some bubbles and a few black impurities; patches of dulling, iridescence, and thick limy weathering.
Jug in the form of grapes, blue.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug in the shape of a bunch of grapes
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: 6 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (15.6 × 7 × 6.3 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.253
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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