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Inverted Conical Jar with Two Handles on Base Ring
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Inverted Conical Jar with Two Handles on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm); Base Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled; handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.928
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent dark royal-blue (not in rock color chart). Translucent similarly colored handles and coils. Medium thin glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals. Scar of ring pontil on base coil ca. 1.6 cm in diameter. Added coil. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles. Rim rounded in flame with toolmark on half of interior. Funnel neck with curved transition to shoulder. Shoulder sloping on one half of vessel, concave on other. Inverted conical body. Base not flattened. Base coil. Two angular flattened coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to side of rim. Lower attachment of one handle extends to lower part of neck. Rim coil. CLASSIFICATION Jar Class II C 4 c.
Inverted Conical Jar with Two Handles
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century

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