Stemmed Bulbous Jug with One Handle
Stemmed Bulbous Jug with One Handle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably first half of sixth century
DimensionsH: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.883
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural yellowish-gray (near 5 Y 7/2, but more pink). Translucent pale olive (between 10 Y 6/2 and 10 Y 5/4) handle and thread.
Pontil mark ca. 0.7 in diameter off center. Added coil.
Thin glass. Some vertically elongated bubbles in body. Black specks in coil.
Circular mouth with rim rounded in flame with tool mark along part of interior. Tubular neck. Strongly sloped shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter below midpoint. High pushed-in foot with hollow stem and hollow tubular base ring; toolmarks on base ring. Plain curved coil handle applied to shoulder, touched down to center of neck, and trailed upward from right to left to form four revolutions of horizontal thread around neck above handle junction.
CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Jug IA1a.
Second half of fourth century
Second half of fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Second half of sixth to early seventh century
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Late 4th-5th century CE
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably fourth century
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