Glass jug 3rd–4th century Roman Translucent deep turquoise blue; handle, trail, and base ring in semi-opaque yellowish white; opaque brick red streaks in , folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle attached with long, downward fins at edges to upper body, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration, with a hollow loop abov
Glass jug 3rd–4th century Roman Translucent deep turquoise blue; handle, trail, and base ring in semi-opaque yellowish white; opaque brick red streaks in , folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle attached with long, downward fins at edges to upper body, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration, with a hollow loop above, and ending on lip of wound horizontally 1½ times around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally once in a thicker trail around lower , but some small internal cracks in body; many bubbles and a few inclusions; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and some soil encrustation, with two loose balls of soil Glass jug 245671
Size: 3000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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