VesselsGraeco-Roman

Jug

Description

Jug; oblate body, ring mouth, applied ribbon handle. Intact; light brown accretions, white opalescence, and flaking iridescence on exterior.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Pale blue-green glass

Culture

Graeco-Roman

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.9 x 5.9 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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