Glass jug
Colorless, with green tinge; handle and trail in translucent light blue (?).
Vertical, uneven rim, partly folded inwards; funnel-shaped neck, with concave profile; bulbous body; kick in bottom, with small pontil mark at center; rod handle applied as a large pad on upper body drawn up and outward, then turned in and down, and trailed onto middle of neck.
The handle continues as a trail decoration wound spirally just over five times up neck, becoming smaller and thinner, ending below rim.
Broken on body, with large hole, showing eggshell thinness of side; pinprick bubbles; most of surfaces covered with thick creamy weathering and slight iridescence.
Vertical, uneven rim, partly folded inwards; funnel-shaped neck, with concave profile; bulbous body; kick in bottom, with small pontil mark at center; rod handle applied as a large pad on upper body drawn up and outward, then turned in and down, and trailed onto middle of neck.
The handle continues as a trail decoration wound spirally just over five times up neck, becoming smaller and thinner, ending below rim.
Broken on body, with large hole, showing eggshell thinness of side; pinprick bubbles; most of surfaces covered with thick creamy weathering and slight iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.69
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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