Spherical Jug without Collar at Shoulder

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Spherical Jug without Collar at Shoulder

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Eastern Mediteranean, Syria or Palestine

DateProbably second century

DimensionsH (including handle): 5 1/8 in. (12.9 cm); Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.888

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent to translucent manganese colored dusky red (near 5 R 3/4). Similarly colored handle. Neck and mouth free blown. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT III). Relief moderately crisp. No pontil mark. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Circular mouth. Cylindrical neck, with constriction at its base. Strongly sloped shoulder. Spherical body. Slightly concave base. Angular strap handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it is folded upward, backward, downward, and pinched to form a vertical projection. On the body, sunken relief design of nine interlocking circles with a dot in the center of each; double row of dots below; faint remains of a double row of dots above on one-third of the body corresponding to one vertical mold section. Underside of base undecorated.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 190, no. 118.