Glass jug

Roman

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Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in; flaring mouth; slender cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body with slightly convex side tapering downwards; bottom with deep central kick and pontil mark; three-ribbed strap handle applied in a broad pad to top of body, drawn up, turned in horizontally, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of mouth, ending on lip of rim.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and one large black inclusion in handle; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, large patches of soil encrusted weathering and iridescence on interior.

Glass jug, Glass, Roman

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