Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Base Diam: 3/4 in. (2.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.927
Not on View
DescriptionThis small jar, made in the 2nd or 3rd century CE, is dark blue with green glass used for the rim, handles, and base. The rim flares irregularly and is wrapped with a coil, possibly to cover uneven edges. The neck is tubular with a bulge at the base, and the body tapers to a pointed bottom set on a small pad base. Two handles loop from the shoulder to the rim, folded into closed shapes. The jar shows signs of having been shaped and decorated while hot.
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
5th century
Probably fourth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Sixth century
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