Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine

DateProbably fourth century

DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); Body Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1023

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thick glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent manganese colored dusky red (near 5 R 3/4). Translucent similarly colored zigzag and thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm in diameter. Added coil and thread. Excess glass at end of zigzag folded back and up against segment of zigzag. Collar rim, rounded in flame, above open cutout. Deeply concave neck. Horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Concave base. Freestanding zigzag coil applied to shoulder and attached to rim, trailed on from left to right with seventeen segments between shoulder and rim. On body, three trails pinched together to form a chain pattern. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I B 2 a.