Double Tube with Side Handles
Double Tube with Side Handles
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd-4th century
DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (12.0 cm); Diam (rim): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam (body): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumFree-blown and tooled glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1264
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DescriptionThis double-tube vessel is made of transparent natural grayish-green glass (5 G 5/2) with similarly colored handles and thread. It was free-blown and tooled. The pontil mark cannot be distinguished. The body was pinched once lengthwise to create two tubular compartments that narrow slightly toward the waist and then broaden to their greatest diameter above the base.
The rim is folded inward and downward. Four curved coil handles are applied to the upper body and attached to the edge of the rim. Around the middle third of the body, five revolutions of thick thread encircle the vessel. The thread decoration was applied after the body was pinched. The base is narrow and flattened.
Late 4th to late 5th century CE
Late 4th to end of 5th century
Late 4th to end of 5th century
Late 4th to end of 5th century
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