Roman Glass Jug with Trails

4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (32 grams, 74 mm).

A small pale yellow collared globular jug with short neck, angular ribbon handle with two narrow prominent ribs, folded upper attachment to the cylindrical neck, several horizontal lines on the globular body, trefoil mouth.

Provenance

with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.

Literature

See Auth, H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p.109, for the type.

Footnotes

These globular jugs were typical of the Eastern Mediterranean in the late Roman period. The body was often decorated with ornamental threads. The jugs were often used in a manner similar to pilgrim flasks, to collect oil and water from early Christian sanctuaries.

CONDITION

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LOT 0573