Glass jug
Small one-handled jug
Translucent yellow green; handle in same color.
Lopsided rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed in to flaring mouth; short, cylindrical neck, expanding at base to join imperceptibly with squat, bulbous body; concave bottom; strap handle applied to top of body with two claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to top of neck and underside of rim, with vertical fold above forming thumb rest.
Intact; some bubbles; patches of dulling, faint iridescence, and weathering.
Translucent yellow green; handle in same color.
Lopsided rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed in to flaring mouth; short, cylindrical neck, expanding at base to join imperceptibly with squat, bulbous body; concave bottom; strap handle applied to top of body with two claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to top of neck and underside of rim, with vertical fold above forming thumb rest.
Intact; some bubbles; patches of dulling, faint iridescence, and weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Early to Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Other: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.144
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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