Glass indented jug
Translucent pale green; handle and trails in translucent deep turquoise blue.
Rounded rim; broad, shallow, flaring mouth; slender cylindrical neck; irregular sloping shoulder; short, cylindrical body with convex-curving side; low kick in bottom and thick, central pontil scar; rod handle drawn up and outward from shoulder, then turned in horizontally and trailed onto underside of mouth and rim, and pinched off above.
On body, eight vertical indents; trail wound once round underside of mouth under handle; another trail wound round neck towards base.
Complete, but one section of rim and mouth broken and repaired, with slight loss to surface of trail; some pinprick and larger bubbles; traces of thick, creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence on exterior, weathering and light soil encrustation on interior.
Rounded rim; broad, shallow, flaring mouth; slender cylindrical neck; irregular sloping shoulder; short, cylindrical body with convex-curving side; low kick in bottom and thick, central pontil scar; rod handle drawn up and outward from shoulder, then turned in horizontally and trailed onto underside of mouth and rim, and pinched off above.
On body, eight vertical indents; trail wound once round underside of mouth under handle; another trail wound round neck towards base.
Complete, but one section of rim and mouth broken and repaired, with slight loss to surface of trail; some pinprick and larger bubbles; traces of thick, creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence on exterior, weathering and light soil encrustation on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass indented jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.81
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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