Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot

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Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria

DateProbably mid-5th to mid-6th century

DimensionsH: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam (body): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied handles and decoration.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1047

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DescriptionThis inverted conical jar with multiple handles and a basket handle on a foot (Jar Class IV G 12 b) is made of medium thick glass. It is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2) with translucent to opaque moderate brown (near 5 YR 3/4) applied handles and decoration. The body shows small vertically elongated and linear bubbles. The vessel is free-blown with a ring pontil mark approximately 2.0 cm in diameter, over a reamer mark. 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 a projecting roll below. It has a tall straight-walled neck with a tool mark at its base, a strongly sloped shoulder, and an inverted conical body. The high pushed-in base sits on a tubular base ring. Twelve angular coil handles, alternating in brown and green, are applied to the shoulder, touched down to the side of the cutout, and attached to the edge of the rim where they protrude slightly inward. Two basket handles, the lower one green and the upper one brown, cross over the rim. From the lower handle attachments to the top of the foot, an applied zigzag thread melted into the surface forms a pattern, which can be felt as a slight convex bulge on the interior.