Ovoid Jar with Basket Handle, on Base Ring
Ovoid Jar with Basket Handle, on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably late fourth to late fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 31/32 in. (10.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled, handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.941
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural green. Translucent similarly colored handle and thread. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm in diameter. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Tool marks at top of basket handle.
Irregular rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck with curved transition at shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Ovoid body with angular transition to base. Jacked constriction above base. Pushed-in flattened tubular base ring. Round basket handle, formed of a thick coil with round cross section, applied to one shoulder and attached to the other. Ends of basket handle form side handles from shoulder to rim, each marked off by an inward fold where they are touched down to the rim.
On neck, six revolutions of thread.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class II F 4 b.
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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