Inverted Piriform Jug
Inverted Piriform Jug
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably third or fourth century
DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Max Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.971
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Bubbly.
Translucent dark greenish blue appearing dark manganese. Similarly colored handle. Unintentional opaque red streaks in vessel and handle.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tip of handle cut off. Tooled.
Flaring circular mouth; rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tapering neck with smooth transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Inverted piriform body with concave sides. Base with low tooled kick. Straight plain broad coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim where it was folded outward, downward, inward, and flattened to form a horizontal thumbrest.
A row of irregularly placed, small, indistinct, roughly circular indentations on shoulder.
CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IA1b with coil handle IA2b.
Probably end of third to mid-fourth century
Probably fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably fifth or sixth century
Probably fifth century
Perhaps sixth century
First century
Second half of first century CE
Probably 6th century
Probably first half of first century
Probably fourth or early fifth century
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