Stemmed Bulbous Jug with One Handle

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Stemmed Bulbous Jug with One Handle

Place of OriginRoman Empire, 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

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DescriptionThis jug is made of thin glass in a transparent natural yellowish-gray hue (near 5 Y 7/2, but more pink). The handle and added thread are translucent pale olive (between 10 Y 6/2 and 10 Y 5/4). The body contains some vertically elongated bubbles, and black specks are visible in the coil. The vessel was formed by free-blowing and tooling. A pontil mark about 0.7 cm in diameter is present off-center. The mouth is circular with a rim rounded in the flame and a tool mark along part of the interior. The neck is tubular, leading to a strongly sloped shoulder and a bulbous body with its greatest diameter below the midpoint. The base features a high pushed-in foot with a hollow stem and a hollow tubular base ring, which shows tool marks. A plain curved coil handle is attached to the shoulder, touched down at the center of the neck, and trailed upward from right to left to form four revolutions of horizontal thread around the neck above the handle junction. Its typology corresponds to Bulbous Jug IA1a.