Large Roman Iridescent Twelve-Sided Jug

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/8 in. (95.5 grams, 13.6 cm).

Round-section body with twelve segments around the body, short tubular neck, everted rim and applied strap handle; remains of iridescence.

Provenance

From the private collection of Lloyd and Jeanne Raport, Washinton D.C. and Florida, formed between 1972-2000.
Estate auction, Weschlers, Maryland, 9-12 December 1982, lot 1074.

Literature

Cf. Bergman, M. et al., Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1980, item 76, for the type.

CONDITION

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