1955.127: Jug
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1955.127
- Title
- Jug
- Other Titles
- Former Title: Bottle with handle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th-5th century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
- Period
- Late Antique period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/53746
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue-green glass
- Technique
- Mold-blown glass
- Dimensions
- H. 12.7 x Rim diam. 5 x W. 5.9 cm (5 x 1 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Milton, MA (by 1955), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Aimee and Rosamond Lamb
- Accession Year
- 1955
- Object Number
- 1955.127
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Jug; body in two sections, flattened oblate narrowing to flat base, pinched then fig shaped, these sections (diam. 3.5 cm) covered with decorative vertical ribs; applied ring around neck, straight neck, widely flaring mouth, applied handle. Intact; some opaque dirt accretions, handle has dark purple iridescence near mouth.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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