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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring
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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, handles and foot hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.925
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent brownish yellow (not in rock color chart). Translucent dark yellowish green handles and coils (near 10 G 4/4). Free-blown. Wad from pontil mark too small to be measured. Added coil. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Deeply concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Base not flattened. Base coil. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to edge of rim. Rim coil. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class II C 1 c.
Inverted Conical Jar with Two Handles
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century

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