Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine or Syria
Date5th century
DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.943
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DescriptionThis green glass jar has an elongated, rounded body with four side handles and a fifth arching across the top like a basket handle. The neck curves inward below a flared rim, and the base is concave with a central push-in. A spiral glass thread winds six and a half times around the lower body. All handles and decoration were added while the glass was hot.
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Probably mid-4th to mid-5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
Probably mid-4th to mid-5th century
Probably 4th century
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
Probably 4th century
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