A Roman bright blue glass juglet

1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A Roman bright blue glass juglet
1st Century A.D.
The cylindrical body divided into six rectangular moulded relief panels containing crossed thyrsoi, a high-handled oinochoe, an amphora, a basket, a concentric circle shield-like motif, and an amphora, with tongued decoration on the shoulder and above the foot, the cylindrical neck with inward-folded rim, a green handle applied to the rim and shoulder, iridescent, repaired and restored
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. S. B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale, 1980, pp. 46-47, no. 123 for a green jug with blue handle moulded with identical decoration to the jug above where a Dionysiac connotation is suggested.

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