Glass jug

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent light yellow green; handle and trail in same color. Everted rim with thick, rounded lip; short, flaring mouth; tall, elongated piriform body; outsplayed, tubular foot ring, made by folding; concave bottom with central kick and pontil scar; broad rod handle attached to upper body, with tail extending down side, drawn up in a arched curve and applied to trail around top of body, and trailed off back along itself. A thick trail wound one and a half times horizontally around top of body; the tail to the handle is decorated with seven tooled notches. Intact; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, weathering, and iridescence on exterior, most of interior covered with soil encrustation. Greenish, on low foot with elaborate attachment below handle and thread around neck.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917