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One-handled Jug
Unknownend of 1st–beginning of 2nd century A.D.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Free-blown jug of colorless glass, the body achieved through successive marvering, the base having a pontil attached, the top removed from the blowpipe and enlarged with tongs. the surface is decorated with cut diamond-shaped facets incised by pushing the body of the vessel into an abrasive wheel.. The body rests on a small concave foot. A small handle was applied on the middle of the body and drawn up to the upper part of the body. Reassembled with a large fill near the handle.
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Details
- Title: One-handled Jug
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: end of 1st–beginning of 2nd century A.D.
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 10.2 × 6.8 cm (4 × 2 11/16 in.)
- Type: Jug
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.346
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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