Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot

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Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria

DateProbably 5th century

DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.05 cm); Rim Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); Diam (body): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied handles

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1045

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DescriptionThis inverted conical jar with multiple handles and a foot (Jar Class IV D 12 b) is made of medium thin glass with a transparent natural grayish yellow green body (5 GY 5/2) and translucent manganese-colored moderate brown handles (near 5 YR 3/4). Small vertically elongated bubbles are visible in the body and foot, along with diagonal tooling marks. The vessel is free-blown with a pontil mark approximately 1.9 cm in diameter. Excess glass at the tips of the handles is folded upward and back against the tops of the handles. The rim is rounded in flame, with an attempted open projecting roll below. The jar has a tall straight-walled neck that constricts at its base, a concave shoulder, and an inverted conical body that rests on a high pushed-in base with a hollow tubular base ring. Seven angular coil handles are applied to the shoulder, touched down to the side of the cutout, and attached to the edge of the rim, protruding slightly inward above it.