Glass jug
Translucent blue green; handle in same color; trails in translucent cobalt blue.
Plain rim, with downward flange on one side; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; slanting, rounded shoulder; funnel-shaped body; thick bottom with kick and small, central pontil scar; reeded strap handle attached unevenly to shoulder, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then attached to edge of rim and trailed back on itself.
Narrow ribs extend in a tight spiral down from left to right from rim to lower body, in low relief at top but fading from shoulder downwards; a thick trail wound once round outer edge of rim; another thick trail applied on lower neck, wound round overlapping itself twice, then drawn in a spiral up neck and across underside of mouth ending as a fine line over trail on rim.
Intact, except for part of trail on neck; many bubbles, some elongated, and a few black impurities; shallow vertical tooling indent in side of body; dulling, slight pitting, faint weathering, and small areas of soil encrustation on exterior, thick soil deposit in bottom of interior
Plain rim, with downward flange on one side; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; slanting, rounded shoulder; funnel-shaped body; thick bottom with kick and small, central pontil scar; reeded strap handle attached unevenly to shoulder, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then attached to edge of rim and trailed back on itself.
Narrow ribs extend in a tight spiral down from left to right from rim to lower body, in low relief at top but fading from shoulder downwards; a thick trail wound once round outer edge of rim; another thick trail applied on lower neck, wound round overlapping itself twice, then drawn in a spiral up neck and across underside of mouth ending as a fine line over trail on rim.
Intact, except for part of trail on neck; many bubbles, some elongated, and a few black impurities; shallow vertical tooling indent in side of body; dulling, slight pitting, faint weathering, and small areas of soil encrustation on exterior, thick soil deposit in bottom of interior
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 4th–6th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown using a dip mold and trailed
- Dimensions: Height: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Diameter: 2 in. (5 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1361
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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