Pointed Jar with Three Handles
Pointed Jar with Three Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1191
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent, moderate olive brown (between 5 Y 4/4 and 5 Y 6/4),.Translucent light olive (10 Y 5/4) handles and rim coil with opaque red streaks (5 R 4/2).
Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added coil. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped of.
Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck. Gentle sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Flattened base. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim.
Thick rim coil applied to top edge of rim and smoothed to form colored extension to rim.
CLASSIFICATION Pointed Jar I C 3 h
Probably fourth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
about 3rd-4th century CE
4th-5th century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
4th century CE
Late fourth to late fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries
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