Glass jug

4th–5th century CE

Not on view

Translucent yellow green, with same color trails and handle.

Rounded rim; broad, funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward; bulbous body; deep kick in bottom, surrounded by a small circular pontil mark; thick rod handle applied in a claw-shaped pad to upper body, drawn up and outward, then turned in and downward, and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail, ending on top edge of rim.

One trail wound around underside of mouth below rim two to three times; another trail wound one and a half times around neck near base.

Part of rim broken off and missing, but rest of vessel complete; a few bubbles in body, but large, elongated bubbles in handle; dulling and faint weathering on exterior, soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.

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Title: Glass jug
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th–5th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
Dimensions: H.: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.115.4
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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