Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria

DateProbably fourth century

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Body Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied handles

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.916

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick bubbles. A few small vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural pale olive (near 10 Y 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handles. Body free-blown. Pontil mark. Tooled. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Rim, rounded in flame, above narrow projecting roll. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Concave base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to side of projecting roll, and attached to top of rim. On body from top of shoulder to ca. 1.5 cm above base, 17 irregularly spaced, thin, vertical, pinched ribs which can be felt as bulges on interior. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I C 7 a. Jars of Class I C 7 differ from the main groups of Palestinian jars discussed thus far in that the body is taller and more ovoid, while the neck is taller and concave at its midsection. The curve of the neck changes so that the upper half of neck flares out toward the rim. No exact parallel from a controlled excavation is known. A few jars of ,lass I A, without handles, are closely related in shape and decoration (see 23.0801 and 23.0803). Because the latter were probably made in Syria, a Syrian origin is proposed for jars of Class I C 7.

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 96, no. 107.Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).

The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007-January 6, 2008 (no catalog).