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303. Jug

Accession Number 2003.434
Dimensions H. 17.5, Diam. rim 5.3–5.6, max. Diam. 6.3, Diam. base 4.4 cm; Wt. 62.48 g
Date Third–fourth centuries CE
Production Area Syro-Palestinian region
Material Translucent greenish and turquoise glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Intact; iridescent in parts, with patches of white layer of weathering.

Description

In-folded trefoil rim; conical mouth; cylindrical neck, wider toward the body; tall ovular body; pushed-in, discoid base; flat bottom. No pontil mark visible on the bottom. Coil handle applied on the shoulder, stretched vertically and bent in a right angle, and attached to the rim. A thick coil is applied on the underside of the rim. The handle and the decorative coil are made of turquoise glass with opaque red striations at the ends.

Comments and Comparanda

For the same use of the same combination of colors in body, handle, and decorative coil in a mold-blown juglet from Syria, see , p. 83, no. 91, dated to the fourth century CE.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his son, Gert Oppenländer, 1988; 1988–2003, Gert Oppenländer (Waiblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003

Bibliography

, p. 232, no. 683.

Exhibitions

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)