Bulbous Jar
Date: 3rd-4th century CE
Dimensions:
H: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Medium: Glass; blown in a mold, removed, free-blown.
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.1898
DescriptionTransparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Body blown into a one-part vertically grooved cylindrical mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 0.9 cm.
Rim lightly ground. Flaring straight-walled neck. Nearly horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base.
On body, twenty-four indistinct expanded mold-blown ribs widen toward greatest diameter where bubble was expanded most.
Medium thin glass; thinner in body. A few small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Body blown into a one-part vertically grooved cylindrical mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 0.9 cm.
Rim lightly ground. Flaring straight-walled neck. Nearly horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base.
On body, twenty-four indistinct expanded mold-blown ribs widen toward greatest diameter where bubble was expanded most.
Medium thin glass; thinner in body. A few small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals.
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