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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.66
Title
Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Culture
Graeco-Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292940

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green-brown glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
14.6 x 11.4 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 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
1920.44.66
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Jug (trefoil oinochoe); flat base, bulbous spherical body, applied handle. Intact; thin glass, dirt accretions, cream-colored opaque areas on exterior.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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