Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil
Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine
Date4th century
DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1019
Not on View
DescriptionThis vessel is a bulbous jar with zigzag neck coil, classified as Jar Class IB1a. It is made of medium thick glass; the fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The glass is transparent natural green with a translucent zigzag coil of similar color, though the exact shade cannot be determined due to weathering. It is free-blown and tooled with hot-tooled decoration. A pontil mark about 1.2 cm in diameter is visible.
The rim is flared and folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The deeply concave neck has a curved transition to the shoulder. The squat bulbous body appears square because of its decoration. The base is flattened with a slight depression in the center.
A freestanding zigzag coil is applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, trailed from left to right with twenty-three segments between shoulder and rim, then continuing as a single trail diagonally over the zigzag, twice around its base, and up again toward the rim. On the body, four large circular indentations appear without a tool mark in the center.
4th century
4th century
Possibly 4th century
Second to third quarter of 4th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
4th century
4th century
Probably 4th century
Late 4th to early 5th century
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