Glass jug

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green; handle and trails in same color. Plain, rounded rim; broad flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with large piriform body; tall, splayed, tubular foot ring, made by folding; thick projecting bottom with large central pontil mark; broad, ribbed strap handle applied to body, with projecting lip below, drawn up vertically, tooled in and downwards, then folded on underside of mouth over trail decoration, drawn up and trailed off on rim. Single trail wound round horizontally on underside of mouth; another trail wound round neck. Intact; a few bubbles in body, but many elongated bubbles in handle; soli encrustation, slight dulling, and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891