Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginPossibly from the Levant [Roman]
Date4th century CE
Dimensions2 1/4 × 2 × 2 in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.55
Not on View
DescriptionThis jar (Jar Class IA1a) is made of transparent pale olive glass (near 10 Y 6/2, but with more yellow). The vessel was free-blown and tooled, with medium-thin walls and a few pinprick bubbles. It has a pontil mark approximately 0.7 cm wide, with dark discoloration in the center. The rim is widely flaring and partially folded outward, upward, and inward. The neck is deeply concave and transitions into a strongly sloping shoulder. The bulbous body reaches its widest diameter at the shoulder. The base is flat with a central depression.
Fourth century
Probably fourth century
Fourth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably fourth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Fourth century
Fourth century
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