Glass jug with trefoil rim 5th–6th century or later Roman, Syrian Translucent blue green; handle and trails in translucent cobalt rim with rounded lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with concave side; squat, globular body; kick in bottom with central pontil mark; slender rod handle applied as a large oval pad over trail on upper body, drawn up and outwards, then folded into a projecting loop as a thumb rest above rim, and dropped onto back of rim, with another flattened, smaller thumb rest thick trail around lip; another fine trail wound round underside of
Glass jug with trefoil rim 5th–6th century or later Roman, Syrian Translucent blue green; handle and trails in translucent cobalt rim with rounded lip; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with concave side; squat, globular body; kick in bottom with central pontil mark; slender rod handle applied as a large oval pad over trail on upper body, drawn up and outwards, then folded into a projecting loop as a thumb rest above rim, and dropped onto back of rim, with another flattened, smaller thumb rest thick trail around lip; another fine trail wound round underside of mouth in a spiral; a third trail applied to side of body and wound round five or six times, forming a band of thicker and thinner lines, then pinched together to form an oval or "spectacle" ; a few pinprick and one large bubble, with some black impurities; small patches of encrustation and trefoil mouth and blue applied Glass jug with trefoil rim 253547 Roman, Syrian, Glass jug with trefoil rim, 5th?6th century or later, Glass, H.: 4 3/16 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935 ()
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