Glass jug
Translucent cobalt blue; handle, trail, and base ring in opaque turquoise blue.
Rim folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil mark; two-ribbed strap handle attached to upper body with long, downward fins at edges, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration and lip of rim, with a hollow projecting loop above.
Thick trail wound horizontally around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally slightly more than once around lower neck.
Broken on body with one large hole and cracks extending to bottom, some of trail around neck also missing; many pinprick bubbles; some soil encrustation and iridescent weathering.
Rim folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil mark; two-ribbed strap handle attached to upper body with long, downward fins at edges, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration and lip of rim, with a hollow projecting loop above.
Thick trail wound horizontally around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally slightly more than once around lower neck.
Broken on body with one large hole and cracks extending to bottom, some of trail around neck also missing; many pinprick bubbles; some soil encrustation and iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Diam.: 1 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 in. (3.2 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1309
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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