Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 141 in Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A LARGE ROMAN JUG
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Pale yellow-green in color, free-blown, the wide cylindrical body slightly concave on the underside, with six registers of irregularly-spaced lathe-cut bands, a short cylindrical neck, a folded, flat rim with some constriction below, and an applied strap handle bent at a right angle, with eleven dense ribs
9¼ in. (23.5 cm) high
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Pale yellow-green in color, free-blown, the wide cylindrical body slightly concave on the underside, with six registers of irregularly-spaced lathe-cut bands, a short cylindrical neck, a folded, flat rim with some constriction below, and an applied strap handle bent at a right angle, with eleven dense ribs
9¼ in. (23.5 cm) high