Triple Tube with Side Handles
Triple Tube with Side Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateFourth century
DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Body Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1305
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural grayish-green (between 10 GY 5/2 and 5 G 5/2). Translucent similarly colored handles.
Pontil mark ground off. Body pinched twice lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Thin glass. Numerous slightly elongated bubbles in body. Blowing spirals.
Rim partially folded upward, inward, and downward. Flattened wide body with three tubular compartments in a row, broadening toward base. Narrow, flattened base. Four angular coil handles applied to upper part of body ca. 2.0 cm below rim and attached to edge of rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Triple Tube IC3a.
Late fourth through end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
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