Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originpossibly from Roman Levant
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
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles.
Transparent pale olive (near 10 Y 6/2 but more yellow).
Free-blown and tooled. Pontil mark ca. 0.7 cm with dark discoloration in the center from pontil rod.
Flaring rim, widely outsplayed with edge partially folded outward, upward, and inward. Deeply concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Flat base with depression in center.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class IA1a.
Probably fourth century
Probably first half of sixth century
Fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Fourth century
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