Object Image

Small, one-handled jug.

Translucent pale blue green; handle in same color.

Rim, folded out, round, and in, pressed flat and into top of mouth; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooled indent around base; squat globular body; slightly concave bottom; four-ribbed strap handle attached to upper body, drawn up, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to top of neck under rim.

Intact; some bubbles; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and areas of creamy weathering.

Credit: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881...

1st-2nd century A.D.
Glass; blown
7.3cm
81.10.112
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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