Unknown Artist
Translucent deep green, appearing black, with handle in same color; trail in opaque white.
Lentoid, oval body; thick rounded rim; cylindrical neck; heavy rod handle applied over trail to side of body, drawn up vertically, then turned in, and attached to rim; small vertical hole runs through body from rim to bottom.
On neck, spiral ribbing; on body, irregular vertical zigzag trail, pressed into body.
Intact except for base; dulling, pitting, and slight iridescent weathering.
The flattened, lentoid shape of the jug is unusual.
Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
4th–early 5th century A.D.
Glass; rod-formed, tooled, and trailed
3.5 x 3.5 cm
17.194.437
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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