Tubular Kohl Jar with Two Handles
Tubular Kohl Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries
DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.664
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Translucent similarly colored thread and handles. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals.
Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter. Added thread. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles snapped off.
Flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. High pushed-in base forming base ring. Two curved coil handles applied below rim and attached to edge of rim.
On the body, from under the application points of handles to above base, at least nineteen revolutions of thread.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1b.
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Probably late Roman or Byzantine period
Sixth to early seventh century
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