Bulbous Jug

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Bulbous Jug

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine

DateProbably late 3rd to mid-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (6 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1184

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DescriptionThis bulbous jug is made of medium thin glass that appears transparent natural light olive (10 Y 5/4), with a translucent handle of similar color. A few pinprick and medium-sized bubbles, elongated vertically in the neck, are visible, along with a few small black specks. The jug is free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark about 1.9 cm in diameter. Excess glass at the tip of the handle is folded back on top of the loop at the rim. The vessel features a flaring circular mouth with a narrow hollow rim folded outward, upward, and inward. The slightly tapering neck continues into the body with a gentle curve, meeting a strongly sloped shoulder. The body is carinated and bulbous with concave sides and an open pushed-in base. A straight plain coil handle projects above the rim, applied to the shoulder and attached to the top of the rim, where it is pressed down to form a closed figure-eight loop. This vessel is classified as Jug Class IA2b with coil handle IA1a.