Hexagonal Jug with Dionysiac Symbols
Hexagonal Jug with Dionysiac Symbols
Place of OriginSyro-Palestinian, perhaps made in Sidon or Galilee
DateProbably second quarter of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Max Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm);
Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); H (Body): 2 11/16 in .(6.75 cm)
Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); H (Body): 2 11/16 in .(6.75 cm)
MediumNeck free blown. Body blown into a multipart mold of three or two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section which included the ribbed area around the bottom (MCT I or MCT V).
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.485
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 73, p. 165.- Glass
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably second quarter to mid-first century
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
Probably mid-first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably second to third quarter of first century
Probably mid- to second half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
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