Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumGlass; formed on a core or metal rod, applied handles and base.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2057
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent purplish-blue appearing opaque. Similarly colored handles.
Rod-tooled and indented to create ribs. Excess glass at tips of handles melted into surface. Very thick glass with numerous spherical bubbles, many burst at surface.
Thick, slightly lobed rim rounded in flame. Crimped neck. Horizontal shoulder. Bulbous bottle with greatest diameter at shoulder. Small non-functional disk-shaped base. Vessel cannot stand. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder, attached to side of rim and pinched to form irregular projections.
On body from just above base to rim, eight thick ribs curving from bottom right to top left, continuing into rim where they form lobes.
CLASSIFICATION: Rod-tooled I B 1 b.
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably late fourth to fifth century
9th-11th century CE (?)
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