Pitcher with Handle (300s CE or later): Art, History and Details

Pitcher with Handle (300s CE or later) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Featuring a globular mold-made body with three bands of geometric ornament (mostly concentric circles) in low relief, this pitcher could have been used for pouring water, wine, or other liquids. The separately made handle, decorated with four vertical ribs, is attached below the wide mouth by means of a coil.

Object facts

• Title: Pitcher with Handle
• Date: 300s CE or later
• Culture: Roman, Syro-Palestinian
• Type: Glass
• Technique: glass, mold-blown
• Dimensions: Diameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); Overall: 15 x 8.9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
• Collection: GR - Roman
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1915.553

A detail from the museum

Even the underside of this pitcher’s base is decorated, with a mold-made sunburst pattern.

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

View the collection record

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