Glass jug

Unknown

4th–5th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green; trails and handle in same color; purple streak in handle and upper trail. Plain, rounded rim; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; sloping shoulder; piriform body; splayed, tubular base ring, made by folding, with tooling indents on upper surface; pushed-in bottom with pontil scar; rod handle applied to edge of shoulder in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in and trailed on to underside of mouth and over rim. Single trail applied to underside of mouth; another horizontal trail wound once round lower neck; on body, forty vertical ribs in relief, tapering downwards. Intact, except for two weathered losses to lower trail; few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, limy encrustation, and iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th–5th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917