Carinated Jar on Base Ring
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
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical bubbles.
Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut.
Everted rim, lightly ground. Tall cylindrical neck with curved junction at shoulder. Bulbous body with carination just above middle. Solid pushed-in base.
Three horizontal bands of wheel-cut incisions, two on neck and one on body.
1st-2nd century CE
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