Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originpossibly from Hauran, Roman Syria
Date4th century CE
Dimensions3 3/8 × 2 13/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.6 × 7.2 × 5.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.65
Not on View
DescriptionThis small bulbous jar (Jar Class IA3a) was made of transparent natural pale green glass. It is free-blown and tooled, with no pontil mark. The vessel features a rounded rim above a tall concave neck, an interrupted curve at the shoulder, and a bulbous body with its widest point at the middle. The base is slightly concave.
The glass contains large horizontally elongated bubbles, especially in the rim. Four shallow circular indentations on the body, likely created by flattening on a marver, serve as simple surface decoration.
Fourth century
Fourth century
5th century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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