Bulbous Jar

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Bulbous Jar

Place of OriginRoman Empire

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

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DescriptionThis bulbous jar is made of medium thin, transparent manganese-colored pale red glass (5 R 6/2) and was free-blown and tooled with a pontil mark about 1.5 cm wide. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward, leading to a tall concave neck with an interrupted curve and a smooth transition to a sloping shoulder. The squat bulbous body, which reaches its greatest diameter at the midpoint, rests on a flattened base with a central depression. The body is decorated with two rows of vertical warts created by pinching the wall horizontally—ten warts in the upper row and seven in the lower row, with half of the body showing these rows well-aligned and regular. This vessel is classified as a Jar Class IA9a.