Hexagonal Jug with Christian Symbols

Place of OriginAncient Ancient Rome Empire, probably from Syria

DateLate 6th- early 7th centuries CE

DimensionsH: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); Rim Diam: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.); Body Diam: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)

MediumTransparent decolorized glass with a greenish tinge; body blown into a two-part mold, mouth and neck free-blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1948.13

Not on View

Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum News, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 1961, p. 41, repr. (Also pub. as Ancient and Near Eastern Glass).

Riefstahl, Rudolf M. "The Complexities of Ancient Glass," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 434, repr.

Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, p. 21, 24, repr.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 32, repr.

Philippe, Joseph, Le Mond Byzantin dans l'histoire de la verrerie, Bologna, 1970, p. 36, repr.

Gunther, Charles F. "How Glass is Made," Toledo Museum News, vol. 15, no. 1, repr. p. 16.

Grose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 90, repr. fig. 33.

Engle, Anita, Ancient Glass in Its Context, (Readings in Glass History, no. 10), Jerusalem, 1978, p. 84, repr.

Vose, Ruth Hurst, "From the Dark Ages to the Fall of Constantinople," in The History of Glass, London, 1984, repr. (col.) p. 52.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2006, p. 52, repr. (col.) fig. 19B, p. 53.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.Label TextThe panels on this jug depict a jar—possibly an incense burner with curling smoke—stylized trees, and a wrapped figure with a cross on its torso, possibly a hooded monk or a saint in a funerary shroud.