Glass miniature jug
Colorless with pale greenish tinge; handle and trail in translucent blue.
Solid rim, turned out horizontally and then up vertically with upward flaring lip and groove around inner edge of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding slightly downward; sloping shoulder; body tapering sharply downward with convex-curving side; thick, rounded, integral base ring; deep kick in bottom; two ribbed handle applied to upper body, drawn up and out, then turned in horizontally, and trailed onto edge of rim with outward fold above.
On neck, a fine trail wound round four times.
Broken and repaired, with two-thirds of rim and upper neck missing, and one hole in shoulder; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering film covering most of surfaces.
Solid rim, turned out horizontally and then up vertically with upward flaring lip and groove around inner edge of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding slightly downward; sloping shoulder; body tapering sharply downward with convex-curving side; thick, rounded, integral base ring; deep kick in bottom; two ribbed handle applied to upper body, drawn up and out, then turned in horizontally, and trailed onto edge of rim with outward fold above.
On neck, a fine trail wound round four times.
Broken and repaired, with two-thirds of rim and upper neck missing, and one hole in shoulder; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering film covering most of surfaces.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass miniature jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.288
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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