Miniature Bulbous Jug
Miniature Bulbous Jug
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.3 cm); Max Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.974
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Sandy impurities. A few black specks in handle and coil.
Transparent decolorized glass with pale olive tint (near 10 Y 6/2). Translucent moderate blue handle and coil (near 5 BG 4/6).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm in diameter. Added coil. Excess glass at tip of handle folded upward and back against top of loop.
Flaring circular mouth; rim rounded in flame. Tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Inverted piriform body with concave walls. Base flattened with slight depression in center. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it was pressed downward against the underside of the mouth and the top of the coil.
Rim coil from left to right.
CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IA1a with coil handle IA2a.
Fourth century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably fifth or sixth century
Probably fifth to early sixth century
Second half of fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably 6th century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably early fourth century
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