Glass jug with trefoil rim
Translucent blue green; handle and trails in translucent cobalt blue.
Trefoil rim with rounded lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with concave side; squat, globular body; kick in bottom with central pontil mark; slender rod handle applied as a large oval pad over trail on upper body, drawn up and outwards, then folded into a projecting loop as a thumb rest above rim, and dropped onto back of rim, with another flattened, smaller thumb rest above.
One thick trail around lip; another fine trail wound round underside of mouth in a spiral; a third trail applied to side of body and wound round five or six times, forming a band of thicker and thinner lines, then pinched together to form an oval or "spectacle" pattern.
Intact; a few pinprick and one large bubble, with some black impurities; small patches of encrustation and weathering.
With trefoil mouth and blue applied threads.
Trefoil rim with rounded lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with concave side; squat, globular body; kick in bottom with central pontil mark; slender rod handle applied as a large oval pad over trail on upper body, drawn up and outwards, then folded into a projecting loop as a thumb rest above rim, and dropped onto back of rim, with another flattened, smaller thumb rest above.
One thick trail around lip; another fine trail wound round underside of mouth in a spiral; a third trail applied to side of body and wound round five or six times, forming a band of thicker and thinner lines, then pinched together to form an oval or "spectacle" pattern.
Intact; a few pinprick and one large bubble, with some black impurities; small patches of encrustation and weathering.
With trefoil mouth and blue applied threads.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug with trefoil rim
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 5th–6th century CE or later
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
- Object Number: 37.128.6
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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