Tubular Jar with Two Handles

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Tubular Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, removed, twisted, free blown, and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.905

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DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals. Transparent pale green. Translucent similarly colored coil and handles. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Body blown into a patterned mold, then twisted and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm in diameter. Added coil. Added handles; excess glass at tip of preserved handle drawn back along side of handle and snapped off. Flaring rim folded inward; tool mark along part of interior of rim. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. Concave pushed-in base forming hollow base ring. Two curved coil handles applied over neck coil and attached to edge of rim. On body, from rim to base, rounded thin ribs curving from top left to bottom right. Neck coil ca. 2.2 cm below rim, from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1b.