140. Roman spherical-bodied jug, c.1st century AD
Glass
Height to top of handle: 13.4cm
10985 IVP
Free blown in a clear blue-green glass, the narrow-necked jug has a large, spherical body, an indented base, an applied handle with thumbrest reaching above the outsplayed rim. Minor pressure...
Free blown in a clear blue-green glass, the narrow-necked jug has a large, spherical body, an indented base, an applied handle with thumbrest reaching above the outsplayed rim. Minor pressure cracks running through the body, an area of restoration under the handle.
Provenance
George R. Francoeur, Michigan, USA; acquired Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1989George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art
Small paper label '187'
