Carinated Jar on Base Ring

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Carinated Jar on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 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)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.840

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DescriptionThin glass with small spherical bubbles. Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Free-blown and tooled with wheel-cut decoration. No pontil mark. The everted rim is lightly ground. The tall cylindrical neck joins a bulbous body with a distinct carination just above the middle. The base is solid and pushed in, forming a narrow base ring. Three horizontal bands of wheel-cut incisions decorate the surface—two on the neck and one on the body. This shape corresponds to a carinated jar on a base ring.