Bulbous Jar

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Bulbous Jar

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 7/8 in. (12.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1163

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DescriptionTransparent natural grayish yellow-green (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2). Similarly colored thread. Pontil mark ca. 1.8 cm. Added thread. Thin glass. Pinprick bubbles in neck and some medium-sized oval bubbles in body. Blowing spirals. Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck with tool mark at its base. Strongly sloped shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter just below shoulder. High pushed-in foot with hollow tubular base ring. Around neck from shoulder to rim, seven revolutions of thread applied just above shoulder and trailed on from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Jar I A 3 b.