Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring

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Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, perhaps Syrian

DateProbably fourth or early fifth century

DimensionsH: 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.3 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.4 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1183

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DescriptionMedium thick glass of good quality. Transparent to translucent manganese colored grayish red (near 5 R 4/2). Translucent pale olive handle and coil (near 10 Y 6/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark 1.5 cm in diameter. Added coils. Flaring circular mouth; rim rounded in flame. Tall cylindrical neck with slight taper and curved transition to shoulder. Horizontal shoulder. Inverted piriform body with concave sides. Open pushed-in base. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it was folded outward and pinched to form a thumbrest projecting diagonally outward above the rim. Rim coil and neck coil from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IA2a with coil handle IA1a.