Glass jug
Colorless with greenish tinge; handle in deep blue green with purple streaks; trail in blue green.
Elongated trefoil rim with rounded lip and sides turned in to form a pronounced spout; short, cylindrical neck; slightly pushed-in shoulder; squat, bulbous body; large, tubular (?), integral base ring; slightly pushed-in bottom with part of circular pontil mark; rod handle attached to edge of shoulder, drawn up and outward, then turned in horizontally, and trailed onto back edge of rim, with flattened upper pad.
On shoulder, a fine, relief trail wound in an irregular spiral four or five times; on body, extending from shoulder to base ring, nine unevenly-spaced, tooled, vertical ribs.
Intact, except for slight losses to trail on shoulder; pinprick and larger bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering, with some dulling on handle.
Elongated trefoil rim with rounded lip and sides turned in to form a pronounced spout; short, cylindrical neck; slightly pushed-in shoulder; squat, bulbous body; large, tubular (?), integral base ring; slightly pushed-in bottom with part of circular pontil mark; rod handle attached to edge of shoulder, drawn up and outward, then turned in horizontally, and trailed onto back edge of rim, with flattened upper pad.
On shoulder, a fine, relief trail wound in an irregular spiral four or five times; on body, extending from shoulder to base ring, nine unevenly-spaced, tooled, vertical ribs.
Intact, except for slight losses to trail on shoulder; pinprick and larger bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering, with some dulling on handle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.10
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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