Piriform Bottle-shaped Jug with One Handle

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Piriform Bottle-shaped Jug with One Handle

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria

Date6th century

DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (11.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. L. Schinasi

Object number

1930.28

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DescriptionThin glass. Medium-sized bubbles elongated diagonally in neck, vertically in body. Large stone in handle. Transparent natural pale green. Translucent darker green coils and handle. Exact colors cannot be determined because of weathering. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 in diameter. Added thread. Excess glass at tip of handle clipped off. Rim rounded in flame. Tall slender funnel neck with toolmark at its base. Strongly sloped shoulder. Piriform body, about one half total height. Domed base with hollow tubular base ring. One curved plain coil handle applied at shoulder, touched down to neck just below rim, and pulled upward over rim coil to edge of rim. Rim coil ca. 0.5 cm. below rim, from left to right. Traces of neck coil around lower part of neck ca. 1.0 cm. above shoulder. CLASSIFICATION: Piriform Bottle I C 1 b with coil handle I A 2 a.

Published References"A Gift of Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News 59 (Feb. 1931) ill.