Roman glass vase with one handle

<p>Semi-translucent light-blue and yellow Roman glass jug. Commonly found in burials, this glass vessel was used to hold perfumes or oils. </p> <p>Hand blown glass, drop-shaped, globular body with flattened base, cylindrical neck, round-flared and thickened rim, folded over. No decoration, a single dark blue handle is applied and extends from the broad rounded shoulder to the neck and proceeding as a spiral threading around the neck. Some cloudy weathering. .</p> <p><u>Date:</u> 1^st–3^rd century A.D.</p> <p><u>Parallels:</u> Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum 32.742; Charlottesville, The Fralin Museum of Art 6567; South Hadle, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum MH 2006.23.1, SK 2006.645.INV; compare with New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art X.245; London, British Museum 135006; compare with Houston, Museum of Fine Arts 31.100, 31.106, 70.91; Jerusalem, The Israel Museum 85.72.115.</p> <p><u>References</u>: Kisa, A., <em>Das Glas Im Altertume</em>, Vol. 1, 1908, p. 187, plate 93; Morin, J., <em>La verrerie en Gaule sous l'Empire Romain</em>, Paris, H. Laurens, 1913, Forme 51; Harden, D. B., <em>Roman Glass from Karanis found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt 1924–1929</em>, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1936, pl XVIII, p. 612; Isings, C., <em>Roman Glass from dated finds</em>, Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1957; Bagatti, B., <em>Gli Scavi Di Nazaret</em>, Gerusalemme: Tip. dei PP. Francescani, 1967, n. 61; Folio Fine Art Ltd, <em>Roman Glass</em>, London, May 1971, no. 5 (ill.); von Saldern, A., et al., <em>Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer</em>, Hamburg, 1974, pp. 73-74, p. 179; Kunina, N., <em>Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection</em>, St Petersburg: State Hermitage, 1997, pp. 136-137; Israeli, Y., Barag, D., and Brosh, N., <em>Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts</em>, Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2003, p. 226; Stern, M., <em>Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval Glass 10 BCE-700CE</em>, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, 2001; Wight, K., <em>Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity</em>, Los Angeles: Getty, 2011; Leljak, M., “Typology of the Roman glass vessels from the Croatian part of the province Pannonia”, <em>Haemus Journal</em>, vol. 1, 2021, 121-133; Stojanović, M. M., Šmit, Z., Glumac, M., Mutić, J., “PIXE–PIGE investigation of Roman Imperial vessels and window glass from Mt. Kosmaj, Serbia (Moesia Superior)”, <em>Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports</em>, Vol. 1, 2015, pp. 53-63; Hall, E. H.. "A Collection Made of Antique Glass", <em>The Museum Journal IV</em>, no. 4 (December, 1913): 119-141. Accessed December 20, 2021.</p><p>Photo by Steve Morton</p>