Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria
DateProbably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.929
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Translucent similarly colored handles.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tip of one handle folded up and back against handle, clipped off on other handle.
Rim rounded in flame with narrow cutout below. Funnel neck with curved transition at shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Round base with slight kick and high pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. Two dissimilar angular coil handles applied to shoulder: one attached to side of cutout and rim, the other touched down to side of cutout, bent upward, outward, upward, and inward forming an open angular loop and attached to edge of rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class II C 6 b.
Late fourth to late fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
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