Tubular Jar with Two Handles

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Tubular Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateMid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries

DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (11.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

MediumBlown in a mold, removed, twisted, free blown, tooled glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1256

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DescriptionBody blown into a patterned mold, then twisted sharply to left and expanded. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm in diameter. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles drawn out to the side along the rim and snapped off. Transparent to translucent light olive. Translucent similarly colored handles and coil base. Flaring hollow rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body, bulging out from constriction above base. Triple coil base. Two sturdy angular coil handles applied to waist and attached to rim where they are folded outward, upward, inward, and pinched to form horizontal projections; excess glass at application points pinched to form secondary horizontal projections. On body, from below rim to base, closely spaced thin ribs curving from top left to bottom right. Transparent to translucent light olive (near 10 Y 5/4). Translucent similarly colored handles and coil base.