Lot Essay
For the type cf. no. 396 in N. Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, St Petersburg, 1997.
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CIRCA LATE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LARGE ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS JUG
CIRCA LATE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The body with broad shoulder tapering to the applied base, cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, with applied vernicular coil in bluish-green glass below the rim and a thick collar with tooled ribbing around the lower neck, thick ribbed handle with triangular thumb-rest projecting above the rim
11¼ in. (29.1 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The body with broad shoulder tapering to the applied base, cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, with applied vernicular coil in bluish-green glass below the rim and a thick collar with tooled ribbing around the lower neck, thick ribbed handle with triangular thumb-rest projecting above the rim
11¼ in. (29.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Plesch collection (AGv 29h); acquired from H. Phillips, June 1970.
Brought to you by
Georgiana Aitken
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