Tubular Jar

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Tubular Jar

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries

DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.54 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1494

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DescriptionMarbled glass with swirls of translucent royal blue, opaque white (appearing light blue), opaque light green, and translucent manganese. Free-blown. Pontil mark cannot be distinguished because of repair. Added handles. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Tubular body gently broadening to greatest diameter above base. Flat pushed-in base forming tubular base ring. CLASSIFICATION: IA1a.