Glass jug

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green; handle and base in same color. Rim folded out, round and in; broad, conical mouth; cylindrical neck; slender ovoid body; broad, outsplayed, applied foot ring with irregular tooling marks on upper surface; deep concave bottom with irregular tooling marks around flat center with pontil mark; broad strap handle applied to upper body, drawn up vertically, then tooled in and attached to rim and underside of mouth, and trailed off above. Intact; few bubbles in body but many elongated bubbles in handle; limy encrustation, faint weathering and iridescence. Tall, one handled green jug with flaring lip; colored blown glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917