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Opaque blue-green glass jug with spherical body, tall neck with wide-lipped mouth and applied handle

A small, opaque glass jug is made with blue-green glass showing brownish-gold staining or dirt accretions, especially on the body of the jug. The shape is spherical and slightly flattened on the top and bottom. The neck is narrow and about as tall as the body. The mouth is flat with a slight indentation or chip on the edge. The handle is wide where it attaches to the body and narrows as it reaches the neck. The glass at the base of the handle is opaque. There is a small rectangular wedge of glass added to the handle where the thumb would rest.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.212
Title
Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Culture
Graeco-Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293123

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-green glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
8.4 x 6 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.212
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Jug; oblate body, long neck, flat mouth, applied handle. Intact; minimal dirt on interior.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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