Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateProbably late Roman or Byzantine period
DimensionsH: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.740
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green. Translucent similarly colored thread and handles. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Pontil mark ca. 1.15 cm in diameter. Pinched decoration. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles snapped off.
Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Slender tubular body, broadening to greatest diameter ca. 0.3 cm above base, then narrowing slightly toward base. Flat base with depression at center. Two angular coil handles applied to upper body and attached below rim where they are folded inward, downward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop.
On body from rim to base, five pairs of vertical ribs curving slightly from top left to lower right and pinched at greatest diameter of lower body to form a pattern of lozenges.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1d.
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth through end of fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
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