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Object NameEwer
Maker Ennion
Made FromGlass
Date30-70
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; possibly Lebanon, Sidon
TechniqueBlown in four-part mold, applied
SizeOverall H: 23.8 cm, Diam (max): 10.8 cm
Accession Number59.1.76
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
Glass from the Ancient World
Glass of the Caesars
An Exhibition of Augustan Art
On ViewAncient Gallery
Interpretive Notes
Ennion’s name is in the panel beneath the handle.
Physical DescriptionEwer. Transparent amber glass with impurities and small bubbles; body and neck blown in four-part mold, handle applied. Jug with cylindrical neck, ovoid body and pedestal base (missing). Rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; wide cylindrical neck; trace of pedestal base; handle with two ribs, which rises above and overhangs mouth, attached to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration in four registers on neck and body: (a) on neck, vertical flutes with rounded ends, with four cordons beneath; (b) on shoulder, continuous spray of alternate upright and inverted palmettes, attached to lowest cordon beneath (a); (c) beneath three cordons, band of honeycomb pattern of many lozenges, with tabula ansata containing inscription "ENNI?N/ E?OIEI" ('Ennion makes [it]') in Greek; (d) with two cordons above and below, vertical flutes rounded at top.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
Arlington, Virginia, by 1935–1959. Said to have been acquired from the collection of a nobleman near Naples, Italy, before 1935; on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936–1957.
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