Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (7.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1222
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick and small bubbles.
Transparent manganese colored pale red (5 R 6/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm. Pinched warts.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve; curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Flattened base with depression in center.
On body, two rows of vertical warts formed by pinching the wall horizontally, ten in the upper row and seven in the lower row. On half of the body the rows are well-aligned and regular.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class IA9a.
5th century CE
6th century CE
5th Century
Late fourth to early fifth century
5th century CE
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably fourth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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