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294. Jug

Accession Number 78.AF.34
Dimensions H. 13.3, Diam. rim 3.1, Diam. base 5.0 cm; Wt. 68.66 g
Date First half to mid-first century CE
Production Area Western Roman Empire
Material Translucent bluish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Intact; crust of weathering and iridescence on parts of the vessel.

Description

Unevenly in-folded, tubular, flaring rim; cylindrical neck; globular body; pushed-in base-ring; flat, slightly concave bottom. No pontil mark visible on the bottom. A lopsided strap handle with three grooves is applied on the shoulder, stretches upward, folds (forming a thumb-rest tab), and ends on the upper neck.

Comments and Comparanda

This jug belongs to a quite widespread form known mainly from the western parts of the Roman Empire (, pp. 69–70, form 52a; , vol. 2, p. 121, nos. 492–493; , p. 92, no. 30) and Cyprus (, plate VI:11–13; , p. 81, no. 175). The form also appears in examples with a squatter body, including: , p. 32, no. 92; , p. 303, no. 250; , pp. 45–46, nos. 44–45.

Provenance

1950, Spink & Son, Ltd. (London, England), sold to J. Paul Getty, 1950; 1950–1976, J. Paul Getty, American, 1892–1976, upon his death, held in trust by the estate; 1976–1978, Estate of J. Paul Getty, American, 1892–1976, distributed to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1978

Bibliography

, p. 21, no. F-27.

Exhibitions

None