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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateMid-fourth to mid-fifth century
DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.918
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles. A few irregularly shaped bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent manganese colored grayish red purple (5 RP 4/2) with colorless streaks. Similarly colored handles. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles. Rim rounded in flame with open cutout below. Short straight-walled neck. Concave shoulder. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Concave base with kick. Two angular coil handles applied to top of body and attached to edge of rim where they protrude slightly inward. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I C 8 a.
Published ReferencesLabino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, 1968, p. 24, repr. fig. 12.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. 31

Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Image Not Available for Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Image Not Available for Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot
Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot
Probably fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Spherical Jar with Two Handles
Spherical Jar with Two Handles
Probably fourth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Probably fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Probably fourth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Probably fourth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Fifth century
Image Not Available for Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot
Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century

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