Carinated Jar on Base Ring
Date: 1st-2nd century CE
Dimensions:
H: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Body Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Medium: Glass; free blown and tooled.
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.840
DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical bubbles.
Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut.
Everted rim, lightly ground. Tall cylindrical neck with curved junction at shoulder. Bulbous body with carination just above middle. Solid pushed-in base.
Three horizontal bands of wheel-cut incisions, two on neck and one on body.
Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut.
Everted rim, lightly ground. Tall cylindrical neck with curved junction at shoulder. Bulbous body with carination just above middle. Solid pushed-in base.
Three horizontal bands of wheel-cut incisions, two on neck and one on body.
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