Jug with a Basket Pattern | Yale University Art Gallery

1st century A.D.

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

Medium: Mold-blown glass, pale green
Dimensions: 3 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (9.2 × 4.5 cm)
Mouth diameter: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Foot diameter: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1955.6.55
Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
Period: Roman
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Kouchakji Freres, 1923.
Described in 4-11-1923 Kouchakji receipt.

Bibliography

Christie's London, London, Ancient Glass from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, sale cat. (July 6, 2016), 28, no. 236, ill

Richard A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass: A Guide to the Yale Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2002), 25, fig. 25

E Marianne Stern, Roman Mold-Blown Glass (Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 1995), 154

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 50–51, no. 128, ill

Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 1, p. 254, pl. 55

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jugs

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