Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd-4th century
DimensionsH: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Base Diam: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.803
Not on View
DescriptionPontil mark: too little remains for measuring. Pinched ribs. Transparent manganese-colored streaky grayish red-purple. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve; curved transition to shoulder. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter near shoulder. Small flattened base with depression in center. Twelve irregularly-spaced pinched ribs from top of shoulder to below midpoint of body; ribs can be felt as bulges on interior.
Transparent manganese colored streaky grayish red purple (near 5 RP 4/2).
Fourth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
First half of fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
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