Miniature Squat Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Miniature Squat Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria
DateProbably second half of fourth to early fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1040
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent dusky yellow (near 5 Y 6/4). Translucent similarly colored handle, coil, and threads. Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Roughness on underside of base coil probably indicates wear. Added coil and threads. Excess glass at tip of handle folded up and back, then cut off.
Flaring circular mouth; rim rounded in flame. Cylindrical neck with curved transition to its base. Sloping shoulder. Squat piriform body. Tooled kick in base; base coil. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim where it was folded downward to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth.
Ten revolutions of spiral coil from left to right, from just below rim to base of neck. On lower part of body, a zigzag thread from left to right.
CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IA3a with coil handle IA2a.
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably fifth to early sixth century
Probably fourth century
Second half of fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably fourth or early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to early fifth century
Fourth century
Probably fourth century
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