A Roman Aubergine Glass Trefoil-Lipped Jug c. 1st Century A.D.

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A Roman Aubergine Glass Trefoil-Lipped Jug c. 1st Century A.D.A sublimely coloured aubergine Roman glass jug circa 1st Century A. D. Having a bulbous body and cylindrical neck rising to the trefoil mouth of the jug, fused with a delicate decorative branching aubergine handle. In ancient vessels, the trefoil lip allowed for the careful pouring of the contents, and added an additional aesthetic value to the jug. Mold blown in a three part mold, the mold seams run from base of neck down the body of the jug. Floral

characteristic of the Bolognese style

Oil paint and gesso on board

flanking a faux central lock plate

with her right arm bent in front her body and her left arm resting on her left leg

Size per roundel

Of note are the three crosses set within the centre of each chain: the cross being one of the symbols both sides agreed were acceptable within the church during and after the Iconoclast Controversy between 726 and 843 A

the god of love and companion of Aphrodite or Venus

He later developed a line of plaster figures designed to hold lamps in niches

exuberant woven hair and delicate features

adding to its aesthetic appeal

she joined the Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation and embarked on a path of intense spiritual inquiry and practice

Rome in the 16th Century

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