Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles on Three Feet

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Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles on Three Feet

Place of OriginRome, Palestine or Syria

DateProbably fourth century

DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Diam (body): 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied decoration and feet

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1043

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals. Body, applied decoration, applied feet and applied handles colorless with yellow tinge; offset rim; wide neck; eight decorative handles extend from rim to shoulder; spherical body; applied thread on body forms interlocking arc pattern; three small applied feet. Clear decolorized glass with translucent similarly colored handles, feet, and thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm in diameter, over reamer mark. Added thread. Tooled. Collar rim, rounded in flame with partially open cutout. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above midpoint. Concave base with kick. Three added pinched feet, bent out slightly at base. Eight angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to top of cutout and side of rim, where they were folded upward and backward to form closed loops. On body below handles, applied thread pinched to form a pattern of triangles and lozenges on one side of vessel and a connecting oval chain on the other side. Threads can be felt as convex (?) bulges on interior. CLASSIFICATION Jar Class II D 2 e

Published ReferencesHayes, John. W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1975, fig. 357, pp. 100-101 (Very similar jar, with slightly more elongated body, and with decorative knobs on body).Comparative ReferencesPossibly ex Auction Helbing 1913, no. 686, pl. 28 (see note 1)