Tubular Jar with Two Handles (Kohl Tube)

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of OriginRoman Levant

Datemid 3rd-mid 4th century CE

DimensionsOverall: 4 7/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (11.3 × 3.5 × 4 cm)
Handle: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.45

Not on View

DescriptionFree-blown and tooled. Transparent pale green. Translucent similarly colored coil and handles. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals. Body blown into a patterned mold, then twisted and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm in diameter. Added coil. Added handles; excess glass at tip of preserved handle drawn back along side of handle and snapped off. Flaring rim folded inward; tool mark along part of interior of rim. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. Concave pushed-in base forming hollow base ring. Two curved coil handles applied over neck coil and attached to edge of rim. On body, from rim to base, rounded thin ribs curving from top left to bottom right. Neck coil ca. 2.2 cm below rim, from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1b.