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pitcher

Object NamePitcher
Made FromGlass
Date400-699
Place MadeRoman Empire; Syro-Palestine
TechniqueMold-blown, applied
SizeOverall H: 18.9 cm, W (body): 6.1 cm; Rim DIam: 6.4 cm
Accession Number72.1.6
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionLight grayish green, transparent glass; body blown in a mold with four parts and separate base plate; applied handle. Square body; funnel-shaped mouth, with tubular rim made by folding up and in; cylindrical neck which splays at bottom and merges with sloping shoulder; wall vertical; base plain, with low kick; pontil mark; Strap handle dropped onto edge of shoulder, drawn out, up, and in, and attached to underside of rim with excess glass on top and edge of rim; decoration in relief on all four sides of body; from left to right, beginning below handle: (1) lattice of five vertical lines and seven horizontal lines; (2) uppermost three-quarters of wall has panel filled with lattice composed of six transverse lines which curve down from right to left and six transverse lines which curve down from left to right; bottom one-quarter of wall has equilateral triangle divided into four equilateral triangles, all of same size; (3) lattice of five vertical lines and eight horizontal lines; (4) end of building with doorway and gable; "end of building" has central doorway, indicated by plain rectangle, flanked by ladderlike elements with two vertical lines and four horizontal lines, above which is horizontal panel, composed of two horizontal lines and six vertical lines, which overhangs ladderlike elements at either end; "gable" consists of triangular element, apparently with king post, tie beam, and struts, and with finials or similar projections.
Provenance
Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1972