Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

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Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine, probably made in Galilee

DateFourth century

DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1268

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DescriptionThis double-tube vessel is made of thin glass that cannot be fully assessed because of weathering. The glass is transparent to translucent manganese-colored grayish-red (5 R 4/2), with a similarly colored applied thread. The vessel is free-blown and tooled. The pontil mark is approximately 1.35 cm in diameter and has been ground off. The hollow everted rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The body is pinched once lengthwise to create two tubular compartments that broaden toward the greatest diameter above the narrow, slightly flattened base. The top of the dividing wall is recessed into the interior. A freestanding zigzag coil is applied to the upper body, with an indeterminate number of segments between the upper body and rim. There are at least four revolutions of thread around the body, and this decoration was applied after the body was pinched. This vessel is classified as a Double Tube IB2a.