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Jug
Roman or Byzantine
Imperial or Early Byzantine Period
Late 3rd–5th century A.D.
Place of Manufacture: Mediterranean (Eastern)
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown with applied foot, handle, and decoration
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
M. Elizabeth Carter Collection—Gift of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number30.403
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 59.
DescriptionSeparatel disc foot; nearly cylindrical body; rounded shoulder; wide, tubular neck, broadening slightly towards the rim; loop handle from top of shoulder to middle of neck. Crimped bands on both sides of the body; four thin coils around the neck; zig-zag trails around the mouth. Uncertain color. Intact; mostly covered with blue-green iridescence.
Provenance1930, gift of Nellie Parney Carter (b. 1857 - d. 1933), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 17, 1930)