Lenticular Jar on Base Ring
Lenticular Jar on Base Ring
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date2nd century
DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.806
Not on View
DescriptionFree-blown. No pontil mark. Tooled. Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Flaring rim, lightly ground. Lenticular body with greatest diameter below middle. Pushed-in domed base with narrow tubular base ring. On either side, one large circular indentation.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Probably late fifth to early sixth century
5th-6th century CE
Second half of sixth to early seventh century
4th-5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
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