Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd-4th century
DimensionsH: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.804
Not on View
DescriptionPontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Translucent to transparent manganese-colored very dark red (5 R 2/6) appearing near black. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Collar rim, rounded in flame with cutout below. Deeply concave neck with horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. On body, ten irregularly-spaced, irregularly-sized, small, shallow circular indentations.
Translucent to transparent manganese colored very dark red (5 R 2/6) appearing near black. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals.
Fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably early fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
Fourth century
Fourth century
Fourth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
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