Tubular Kohl Jar with Two Handles
Tubular Kohl Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.668
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Small oval and vertically elongated bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Transparent to translucent manganese colored grayish red (not in rock color chart). Translucent similarly colored handles.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm in diameter.
Flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. High pushed-in base with central kick forming hollow base ring. Two coil handles, now missing, were applied on body just below rim and attached to its underside.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1b.
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
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