Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot
Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles, on Foot
Place of OriginRome, probably Syria
DateProbably fifth 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
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small vertically elongated bubbles in body and foot.
Natural light green body and applied handles; offset rim; wide neck, narrowing toward shoulder; five handles extend from rim to shoulder; spherical body; circular foot with diagonal tooling marks.
Transparent natural grayish yellow green (5 GY 5/2). Translucent manganese colored moderate brown handles (near 5 YR 3/4).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.9 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against tops of handle.
Rim rounded in flame, with attempt at open projecting roll below. Tall straight-walled neck with constriction at its base. Concave shoulder. Inverted conical body. High pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring below. Seven angular coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to side of cutout, and attached to edge of rim above which they protrude slightly inward.
CLASSIFICATION Jar Class IV D 12 b
Probably fifth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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