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Glass jug

4th century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent light yellow green; handle and trail in same color.
Everted rim with thick, rounded lip; short, flaring mouth; tall, elongated piriform body; outsplayed, tubular foot ring, made by folding; concave bottom with central kick and pontil scar; broad rod handle attached to upper body, with tail extending down side, drawn up in a arched curve and applied to trail around top of body, and trailed off back along itself.
A thick trail wound one and a half times horizontally around top of body; the tail to the handle is decorated with seven tooled notches.
Intact; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, weathering, and iridescence on exterior, most of interior covered with soil encrustation.

Greenish, on low foot with elaborate attachment below handle and thread around neck.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass jug
  • Period: Late Imperial
  • Date: 4th century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
  • Dimensions: H.: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.71
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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