Glass jug
Small, one-handled square jug.
Colorless with yellowish tinge; handle in light green.
Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, aslant to body; slightly pushed-in shoulder with large, sloping shoulders; square body with flat sides and rounded lower corners; flat bottom; two-ribbed handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to top of neck.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and some black impurities; dulling, slight pitting, and most of surfaces covered in creamy weathering and iridescence.
Colorless with yellowish tinge; handle in light green.
Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, aslant to body; slightly pushed-in shoulder with large, sloping shoulders; square body with flat sides and rounded lower corners; flat bottom; two-ribbed handle attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to top of neck.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and some black impurities; dulling, slight pitting, and most of surfaces covered in creamy weathering and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: H.: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Overall: 3 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (7.6 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.114
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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