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: 4 3/4 in. (12.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1253

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few medium to large bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent manganese colored pale red (between 5 R 6/2 and 5 R 4/2). Translucent similarly colored thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm in diameter. Added thread. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. High conical pushed-in base forming hollow tubular base ring. Freestanding zigzag coil applied to neck and trailed on from left to right with nine segments between shoulder and rim, then continuing as five revolutions of thread on the body. CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar ID1b.