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

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.931
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DescriptionThin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent decolorized glass with pale yellowish green tinge (10 GY 7/2). Translucent moderate green handles and coil (near 5 BG 4/6). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles drawn out thin against tops of handles. Rim rounded in flame. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve. Concave shoulder. Pointed bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Pushed-in base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim where they are folded inward and upward. Rim coil applied from left to right. On body, eight tall narrow indentations from shoulder to base. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class IV C 3 b.

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