Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Body Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1200

Not on View

DescriptionTransparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Translucent dark blue green coils and handles. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Rim rounded in flame with tool mark along half of interior of rim. Funnel neck. Horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Pushed-in base. Two coil handles with tails, applied to lower part of body, trailed up along body with five irregularly spaced crimps on one side and eight on the other, then bent out to form a decorative loop handle, and attached to lower part of neck where they are folded downward, upward, outward, upward, inward, upward over neck coil, and pinched to form a diagonal projection. Neck coil at base of neck from left to right with buckle at point of attachment. CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Bottle II C 1 b, with handles I A 2 b c.