Jug
Jug

Currently not on view

Jug,

4th century

Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
2012-86

Information

Title
Jug
Dates

4th century

Medium
Transparent green glass; translucent peacock-blue glass; no impurities
Dimensions
h. 9.2 cm, diam. rim 3.9 cm, diam. base 3.2 cm (3 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
2012-86
Place Made

Levant

Description
Fire-polished rim; funnel mouth; cylindrical neck; globular body; concave bottom. Vertical coil handle from shoulder to rim. Thread of the same color wound under the rim and also around the lower part of the neck. Thread of peacock-blue glass wound three times horizontally on the body, below which a thicker thread of the same color forms a zigzag around the body.
Period
Roman (style or period), Late Antique
Type
jugs, glass
Materials
free-blown glass
Subject
stripes, zigzags

Unknown provenance; acquired by the Museum from an unknown source by at least 2012.

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