Bulbous Jar without Handles

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Bulbous Jar without Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire, possibly Syria

DatePossibly 4th century

DimensionsH: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)

MediumGlass; formed on a core or metal rod.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2060

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DescriptionAppearing glossy opaque black (color cannot be determined because of thickness of glass). Rod-tooled and twisted. Pontil scar ca. 2.0 cm. Lobed rim rounded in flame. Jacked neck. Sloping shoulder. Crooked squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Base flat with depression in center. On body from above base to rim, eight strongly curved, twisted ribs from bottom right to top left, continuing onto rim in same direction, where they form lobes. Very thick bubbly glass; many bubbles burst at surface, some elongated diagonally in direction of ribs.