Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.802
Not on View
DescriptionThis bulbous jar (Class IA6a) is made of medium thin glass with numerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles and some black specks. The glass is transparent with a natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2). The vessel was free-blown and tooled, and it does not have a pontil mark.
The rim is rounded in the flame with an irregular, narrow projecting roll below. The jar has a funnel-shaped neck that curves smoothly into a strongly sloped shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the midpoint, while the upper part of the body is slightly flattened with four large horizontal oval indentations. The flattened base has a small central depression.
Eleven irregularly spaced pinched, curving ribs of different lengths run from the shoulder to above the base. These ribs can be felt as convex bulges on the interior surface.
Fourth century
3rd-4th century
Possibly fourth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Fourth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Fourth century
5th-6th century CE
Fourth century CE
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