Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles, on Three Feet
Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles, on Three Feet
Place of OriginRome, Palestine or Syria
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Diam (body): 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1044
Not on View
DescriptionPurple body, purple handles and feet; offset rim; constricted neck; six applied small handles extend from rim to shoulder; spherical body; three small applied feet.
Translucent manganese colored very dark red (5 R 2/6). Translucent similarly colored handles and feet. Medium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm in diameter, over reamer mark. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against tops of handles.
Collar rim, rounded in flame with open cutout. Concave neck. Concave shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base. Three added pinched feet, bent out at toe. Six angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to side of rim, where they are folded outward, upward, and inward against collar.
CLASSIFICATION Jar Class II D 2 e
Probably fifth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission