Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria
DateMid-fifth to mid-sixth century
DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Body Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled; handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.936
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Numerous small and medium-sized bubbles (ca. 0.5 cm). Blowing spirals.
Transparent dusky yellow (near 5 Y 6/4 but more olive). Translucent light olive handles (near 10 Y 5/4).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.9 cm, in diameter, over reamer mark. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off.
Everted rim rounded in flame, with open projecting roll below. Tall straight-walled neck with slight downward taper and curved transition to shoulder. Gently sloping shoulder. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Concave base with kick. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to upper side of projecting roll, and attached to edge of rim where they protrude slightly inward.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I D 12 a.
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fifth century
Probably fourth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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