Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine or Syria
DateLate fourth to late fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.938
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DescriptionThis pale yellow glass jar has a rounded body and three greenish handles. The rim is collar-shaped with a notch cut just below it. The neck is deeply concave, leading into a sharply sloped shoulder and an elongated bulbous body. The base is concave. Each handle loops from the shoulder to the rim, folding back slightly at the top.
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fourth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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