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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.309
Title
Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292579

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
19.7 x 14.2 cm (7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.309
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Large jug; indented base, cylindrical body, straight, broad shoulder (circum. 50.2 cm), constriction before short neck, elaborate double-rolled lip, wide ribbon handle with ribs. Intact; dirt accretions on exterior. Two concentric circle incised tool marks around the exterior of body.

Verification Level

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