Tubular Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

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Tubular Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries

DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.906

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick bubbles in mouth, some medium-sized vertically elongated bubbles in body. Transparent olive brown (between 5 Y 5/6 and 10 Y 5/4). Translucent similarly colored thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm in diameter. Added thread. Flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. High pushed-in base forming hollow tubular base ring. Freestanding zigzag coil applied to upper body and trailed on from left to right with eight segments between rim and upper body. On body, from right to left, applied above base and trailed first downward then upward to near rim, at least 15 revolutions of thin thread. CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar ID1b.