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Jug

Jug

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureRoman
Date2nd-3rd century A.D.
MediumGlass
Dimensionsh. 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
rim diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
max. diam. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.364
DescriptionMold-blown jug of bluish-green glass. Octagonal body with rounded shoulder and slight depression around cylindrical neck. Flaring, folded rim, beveled inside. Added wide, ribbed, slightly arching string handle, attached at shoulder and neck, with upward fold at upper termical. Broad, slightly hollow base, with molded whirligig decoration.ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
On view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Culture: Roman
3rd - 4th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Culture: Byzantine
6th-7th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Large jug with geometric patterns
Culture: Roman
3rd-4th century A.D.
Jug
Jug
Culture: Roman
4th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Bottle with a cross and palm branches
Culture: Roman or Byzantine
4th-7th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Bottle
Culture: Roman
3rd-4th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Hexagonal bottle with vessels between columns
Culture: Roman
1st century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Color-band bottle
Culture: Roman
1st half of 1st century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jug
10th century
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jug with Pairs of Birds
Unknown
12th-13th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Sprinkler bottle
Culture: Roman
3rd-4th century A.D.

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