Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil, on Base Ring

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Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil, on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine

DateProbably fourth to fifth century

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1018

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored thread appearing dusky green (near 5 BG 3/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Added thread. Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck with curved transition to base. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above middle. Concave base with flattened pushed-in base ring. Freestanding irregular looping zigzag coil applied to shoulder and attached to rim, trailed on from left to right with nineteen turns between shoulder and rim; the fifteenth turn mistakenly pulled horizontally along rim before application to shoulder. The bases of the first two loops overlap. Under zigzag on neck, thirteen revolutions of thin thread.