Glass jug with trefoil rim, 5th–6th century or later


Glass jug with trefoil rim, Late Imperial or Early Byzantine, 5th–6th century or later, Roman, Syrian, Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled, H.: 4 3/16 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent blue green; handle and trails in translucent cobalt blue., Trefoil 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 above


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