72. Roman trefoil-lipped jug with trailing, 4th century AD
Glass
Height: 11.7cm
10702
£ 2,800.00
Further images
Free-blown in clear, light green-blue glass. The slightly compressed spherical body decorated with a continuous spiral of applied trailing, a strap handle applied at the shoulder and drawn up to...
Free-blown in clear, light green-blue glass. The
slightly compressed spherical body decorated
with a continuous spiral of applied trailing, a strap handle applied at the shoulder and
drawn up to the back edge of the lip, with an upraised thumb-rest above the edge of the
thickened rim of the trefoil lip. Intact, some
small areas of incrustation and iridescence.
Provenance
Art market, FranceM. Lottmann, Paris, France; acquired from the above in the 1960s-70s
