Roman, ca. 1st century A.D.

Mold blown glass

H: 9.75 cm (3.84 in)

Serial: 3998

Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, 8 December 1995, lot 196

A Cobalt-blue Glass Jug with low foot ring, tapering clindrical body, cylindrical neck with flaring rim turned in, and pale blue-green concave handle with high thumb-rest, the body modl blown in relief with symbols of Dionysiac revelry, the six panels containing an amphora with high handles, Pan pipes, cymbals, a calyx krater with voluted handles, crossed thyrsoi, and an oinochoe, a pattern of tongues above and below ; repaired.