Glass jug

mid-4th century CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale green; handle and trails in same color.
Thick, rounded rim; funnel-shaped mouth; slender, conical neck, merging with biconical body; broad, outsplayed base ring; concave bottom, with pontil mark; kick on interior of bottom; three-ribbed strap handle applied to upper body with three long fins, drawn up and outwards, then curved in, and folded onto underside of mouth with a double loop over trail.
One thick horizontal trail applied to underside of mouth; another trail wound round middle of neck.
Intact, but most of second trail missing; many bubbles; some soil encrustation, dulling, whitish weathering, and iridescence on exterior, more soil encrustation, black weathering, and iridescence on interior.

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Title: Glass jug
Period: Late Imperial
Date: mid-4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
Dimensions: H.: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.250
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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