Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

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Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Syria or Palestine

Datemid-4th to mid-5th century

DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1028

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DescriptionThis squat bulbous jar, classified as Jar Class IC1a, was free-blown and tooled with added hot-worked decoration. The medium thin glass contains black specks in the thread and handles, and the exact fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The vessel is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2) with similarly colored translucent handles and thread. The pontil mark measures about 1.6 cm in diameter, with excess glass at the tips of the handles clipped off on one side and folded back on the other. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The neck is concave with a smooth transition to the sloping shoulder. The squat bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the midpoint. Two curved coil handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the edge of the rim, where they project slightly inward. From the shoulder to the base, a large zigzag thread runs in fourteen segments.