Hexagonal Jar with Multiple Handles

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Hexagonal Jar with Multiple Handles

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syria; Reported to be from Hebron, Israel

Date6th-early 7th century

DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Diam (rim): 2 1/16 in. (5.25 cm); Diam (body): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W Base: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.138

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (Near 5 G 7/2). Five translucent streaked grayish olive green handles. Medium thin glass. Numerous small spherical bubbles in body, some vertically elongated in neck. Mold blown; tooled; applied handles. Medium thin glass. Rim and neck free blown. Body probably blown into a multipart mold with a base plate. Relief crisp. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against tops of handles. Hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Deeply concave neck. Horizontal shoulder. Hexagonal body with slight downward taper. Kicked base. Five curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim. On the body, six decorated rectangular panels with designs in sunken relief. On the panels, from left to right: 1, two and a half lozenges with a circle in center of each; 2, lattice; 3, stylized palm branch with nine or ten leaves on each side; 4, same as panel 1; 5, same as panel 2; 6, stylized palm branch with nine leaves on each side. On underside of base, in sunken outline, a star with six forked arms. Transparent natural pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Five translucent streaked grayish olive green handles.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 182, p. 262.