Pointed Jar with Three Handles

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Pointed Jar with Three Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire

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

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DescriptionThis thin glass jar is transparent moderate olive brown (between 5 Y 4/4 and 5 Y 6/4) with translucent light olive handles and a rim coil streaked with opaque red (5 R 4/2). The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The vessel is free-blown with a pontil mark about 1.1 cm in diameter. The rim is rounded in flame and wrapped with a thick coil that was smoothed to form a colored extension. It has a funnel neck, gently sloping shoulder, and a pointed body that ends in a flattened base. Three angular coil handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, with excess glass at the tips clipped off. This vessel is classified as a Pointed Jar I C 3 h, an unusual form noted for its distinctive applied rim coil treatment.