78. Roman jug with trailing, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 15cm
11515
Free-blown in clear pale blue glass. The jug has a low sloping shoulder, the strap handle drawn from the shoulder and folded before being attached to the lip, creating a...
Free-blown in clear pale blue glass. The jug
has a low sloping shoulder, the strap handle
drawn from the shoulder and folded before
being attached to the lip, creating a thumb
rest, the double lip is folded outwards, a thick
spiral of trail decorating the conical neck, the
ring foot blown as part of the whole piece,
and has a pontil mark. Intact.
Provenance
Art market, Beirut, LebanonFarouk Bey Abassy, UK; acquired from the above in the 1960s, thence by descent
