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Conical Jug
Conical Jug

Conical Jug

Artist Unknown
Datelate 1st Century
MediumGlass: free-blown and tooled
Dimensions5 7/16 x 3 in. (13.8 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen
Object number94.7.6
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceElizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen, Chapel Hill, NC; given to NCMA, 1994.
Published ReferencesCf. 3000 Jahre Glaskunst: Kunstmuseum Luzern, no. 274b.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998) Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Fusion: Contemporary Glass Art from North Carolina Collections," May 8-August 7, 2005. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: The Foundation of the North Carolina Museum of Art, 1924–1945,” November 27, 2019–February 9, 2020.
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