Glass jug with chain handle, Late Imperial, 3rd century , Roman, Glass; blown in a dip mold and trailed, H. 8 1/8 in. (
Glass jug with chain handle, Late Imperial, 3rd century , Roman, Glass; blown in a dip mold and trailed, H. 8 1/8 in. ( cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle and trails in same glass. Outsplayed rim with flattened upper lip; funnel-shaped mouth and almost no neck; conical body, then turned in sharply with broad, horizontal undercurve; applied solid foot ring, sloping outwards; central kick in bottom with circular pontil mark; chain handle applied to body as two large, thick pads, drawn up and outwards as two rods, pinched together five times to form vertical row of loop, then turned in as a single strap, folded up into a hollow loop above rim, and trailed off in a double fold down underside of mouth over upper trail
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