Bulbous Botlte with Two Handles

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Bulbous Botlte with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th Century

DimensionsH: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Diam (body): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, applied decoration and handles.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1052

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DescriptionYellow body and applied decoration and handles; flared rim; cylindrical neck; neck with applied spiral thread; two handles extend from neck to shoulder; inverted ovoid body; short stem and circular, folded foot. Transparent dusky yellow (near 5 Y 6/4). Translucent similarly colored handles and thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca 1.1 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles drawn back neatly along almost entire length of M-shaped handles. Circular mouth with irregular rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter below shoulder. High pushed-in foot with tubular base ring. Two M-shaped coil side handles applied to shoulder, curved up, then drawn down and attached to shoulder near application; the top of the curve was then pinched, drawn inward and downward, and attached to lower neck. Around neck and mouth, 14 revolutions of thin thread applied below application point of one handle and trailed on downward, then upward to rim from right to left. CLASSIFICATION Bulbous Bottle II A 2 b