Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; formed on a core or metal rod, applied handles.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2058
Not on View
DescriptionVery thick glass, not well refined and full of seed. A few larger bubbles elongated diagonally in direction of ribs.
Translucent glossy vivid blue-green (not in rock color chart) with an unintentional opaque red streak in one side of body. Two similarly colored handles.
Rod-tooled and indented to create ribs. A curved indentation (tool mark) on base. Excess glass at tips of handles melted into surface.
Thick lobed rim, rounded in flame. Crimped neck. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above middle. Round base. One angular and one curved coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to side of rim where they are folded upward and pinched to form horizontal (vertical?) projections.
On body, from lower body 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 a.
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Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
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Probably late fourth to fifth century
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Probably fourth century
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Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Possibly fourth century
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