Glass jug with chain handle, Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown in a dip mold and trailed, H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle and trails in same glass. Outsplayed and rounded rim; funnel-shaped mouth and almost no neck; conical body, then turned in sharply with broad, shallow undercurve; applied solid foot ring, sloping inwards with tooled irregular indent in one side; central kick in bottom with circular pontil mark; chain handle applied to body as two large, thick pads, drawn up and outwards as two rods, pinched together five times to form vertical row of loop, then turned in horizontally as a single strap, folded up into a hollow loop above rim, and trailed off on underside of mouth
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Glass jug, chain handle, Late Imperial, 3rd century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, dip mold, trailed, H, 7 3/16, 18.3 cm, Colorless, pale blue green, tinge, handle, trails, glass, Outsplayed, rounded rim, funnel-shaped mouth, almost no, neck, conical body, turned, sharply, broad, shallow undercurve, applied solid, foot, ring, sloping inwards, tooled irregular, indent, side, central kick, bottom, circular pontil, mark, applied, body, two large, thick pads, drawn up, outwards, rods, pinched together, five, times, form vertical, row, loop, horizontally, single strap, folded, hollow loop, rim, trailed off, underside, mouth
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