Cylindrical Box with Three Handles (Pyxis)
Date: Probably second half of the first century
Dimensions:
H: 2 1/8 in. (7.4 cm);
Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.71 cm);
Max Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm);
Thickness of Rim: 1/16 in. (0.16 cm);
Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Medium: Medium thick glass. Mold blown.
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome, Probably Syro-Palestinian, near Hebron
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1956.3
DescriptionTransparent decolorized glass. Pale green and streaked manganese colored areas. Similarly colored handles. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles.
Blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section which included the horizontal ridge forming the lower edge of the wall (MCT VII). Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp but difficult to distinguish because of transparency. Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central depression. Three coil handles attached to middle of body and applied to lower edge of ridge for lid. Handles positioned adjacent to mold seams on half of body and between seams on other half.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight stiff seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. Little variation in thickness of leaves. Schematic rendering of the palmette hearts.
Blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section which included the horizontal ridge forming the lower edge of the wall (MCT VII). Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp but difficult to distinguish because of transparency. Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central depression. Three coil handles attached to middle of body and applied to lower edge of ridge for lid. Handles positioned adjacent to mold seams on half of body and between seams on other half.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight stiff seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. Little variation in thickness of leaves. Schematic rendering of the palmette hearts.
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