Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Max Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
MediumGlass; formed on a core or metal rod, applied handles.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2061
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent olive-green appearing glossy black (not in rock color chart).
Rod-tooled and indented to create ribs. Excess glass at tips of handles melted into handles. Very thick glass with small bubbles, some burst at surface.
Lobed rim rounded in flame. Crimped neck. Horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body, oval in section, with greatest diameter below shoulder. Round base. One angular and one curved coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to 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.
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
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
9th-11th century CE (?)
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