Glass jug (oinochoe) with snake-thread decoration, 2nd–3rd century

---

Glass jug (oinochoe) with snake-thread decoration, Late Imperial, 2nd–3rd century , Roman, Rhineland, Glass; blown and trailed, H. 5 1/2in. (14cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle in same color; opaque white, opaque blue, and colorless trails. Trefoil rim, with rounded lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; piriform body; tubular base ring; flat bottom with pontil scar at center; strap handle applied in a long pad to shoulder, drawn up and outwards in a curve and then turned inwards (and probably dropped on to back of rim

---

Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 1/2in, 14cm, 2nd–3rd, 5, applied, base, blown, blue, body, bottom, center, century, color, colorless, curve, cylindrical, decoration, drawn, dropped, expanding, flat, glass, green, handle, imperial, inwards, jug, late, lip, long, neck, oinochoe, opaque, outwards, pad, pale, piriform, pontil, rhineland, rim, ring, roman, rounded, scar, shoulder, sloping, snake-thread, strap, tinge, trailed, trails, trefoil, tubular, turned, white