Pointed Jar with Three Handles
Date: 4th-5th century CE
Dimensions:
H: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Medium: Glass; free blown and tooled.
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.1191
DescriptionTransparent, moderate olive brown (between 5 Y 4/4 and 5 Y 6/4),.Translucent light olive (10 Y 5/4) handles and rim coil with opaque red streaks (5 R 4/2).
Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added coil. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped of.
Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck. Gentle sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Flattened base. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim.
Thick rim coil applied to top edge of rim and smoothed to form colored extension to rim.
CLASSIFICATION Pointed Jar I C 3 h
Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added coil. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped of.
Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck. Gentle sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Flattened base. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim.
Thick rim coil applied to top edge of rim and smoothed to form colored extension to rim.
CLASSIFICATION Pointed Jar I C 3 h
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