Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (6.7 cm)
MediumGlass; expanded mold-blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1338
Not on View
DescriptionThis small jar is made of thin, naturally light green glass with a subtle iridescence. It was blown into a patterned mold and then expanded and tooled. The jar has a wide mouth with a folded rim and a wide neck that tapers toward the shoulder. The body is spherical and decorated with a mold-blown pattern of four vertical bands of chevrons alternating with wider bands of diagonally crossed lines.
3rd-4th century CE
Probably sixth to early seventh centuries
about 700 BCE
8th-10th century
Probably 6th century
3rd-4th century CE
about 730 BCE (Late Geometric IIa
)
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Probably fourth century
about 350-275 BCE
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