Jug. Greece, IV-III centuries BC.

Jug. Greece, IV-III centuries BC.
Glass.
Conservation: with faults, broken.
Provenance: Georges Savès collection.
Measurements: 5.6 cm (height).

Jug or pitcher of Ancient Greece, blown glass, bluish-green. It has a bulbous body, narrow neck and side handle. The upper part has an opening that suggests that it could have been used to contain liquids or as a type of lamp. It could have been used as a jug for liquids or an oil burner.

This piece comes from the collection of Georges Savès (1908-1985), a French numismatist and collector with a deep vocation for archaeological study. Heir to a family tradition of collecting, he devoted himself fully from the 1950s to historical and numismatic research, especially on Toulouse and Gallic coins. Throughout his life, he assembled an eclectic collection of archaeological, ethnographic and artistic pieces, enriched in 1966 with the acquisition of part of the Roger Bédiat collection. Author of specialized studies, his legacy remains a reference in the academic and patrimonial fields.