Roman
A Roman green glass trefoil jug, circa 3rd - 4th century AD
Glass
Height: 10.3 cm
The small pale green translucent glass jug has a trefoil-lip and the cylindrical body has mould-blown vertical ribs.
The small pale green translucent glass jug has a trefoil-lip and the cylindrical body has mould-blown vertical ribs.
Provenance
UK private collection, formed from the 1960s onwardsLiterature
Cf. S.B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980, p. 125, fig. 334.For juglets with rounded rim see: Y. Israeli, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts, Jerusalem, 2003, p. 184, fig. 218; J.W. Hayes, Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 213, figs. 428-430.