Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Period
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)
Place of OriginSyria, reportedly from Hauran
Dateprobably mid 4th-mid 5th century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 4 3/16 × 3 3/16 × 4 1/16 in. (10.6 × 8.1 × 10.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.58
Not on View
DescriptionThis jar (Jar Class I D 1 a) is made of translucent to transparent dark yellowish orange glass (near 10 YR 4/6, but darker), with similarly colored handles. The glass is of medium-thin thickness and blowing spirals are visible on the surface. The exact fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. It was free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark approximately 1.3 cm wide, located over a reamer mark. The rim is folded outward, upward, and downward. The deeply concave neck transitions to a sloping shoulder. The body is spherical with its widest point at the middle, and the base is concave with a central kick. Three angular coil handles are applied from the shoulder to the edge of the rim; the excess glass at the tips is folded back against the handle tops.
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
Probably mid-5th to mid-6th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
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