31. Tall Roman jug, Eastern Mediterranean, c.3rd-4th century AD
Glass
Height: 26cm
11591 IVP
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Free-blown in clear, blue-green glass. The elegant jug has a bulging lower body that tapers before flaring again to create the mouth, a ribbed strap handle, the conical foot with...
Free-blown in clear, blue-green glass. The elegant jug has a bulging lower body that tapers before flaring again to create the mouth, a ribbed strap handle, the conical foot with pontil mark. Intact.
Provenance
The Nimbus Collection of Ancient Glass: The Property of a Private Collector; Sotheby's, London, 12th June 1997
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above, collection number 059
Exhibitions
Museum Dordts Patriciërshuis, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, ’Glas Door de Eeuwen Heen’, 11th April-11th November 2018
Literature
For a similar example, but with a single band of added trail around the neck, compare Susan H. Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum (Newark, 1976), no.121
Publications
Sotheby's, London, Antiquities including Western Asiatic Antiquities and Cylinder Seals from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part II), 12th June 1997, lot 246