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Fragment of jar

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
DateProbably second to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsL: 3 in. (7.6 cm); W: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.656
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Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 210, pp. 203-204, repr. (col.) p. 180 (ext.).

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