Ovoid Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria

DateProbably mid-4th to mid-5th century

DimensionsH: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); Body Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1031

Not on View

DescriptionThis ovoid jar, classified as Jar Class IC6a, is free-blown with medium thin glass and hot-tooled decoration. It shows a few bubbles and blowing spirals throughout the body. The transparent natural pale green vessel (5 G 7/2) has translucent similarly colored handles. A pontil mark about 1.1 cm in diameter is visible. Excess glass at the tips of the handles has been folded upward and back against the top of the handles. The rim is rounded in flame above a narrow projecting roll. It has a funnel neck with a curved transition to a gently sloping shoulder. The ovoid body has its greatest diameter at the midpoint and rests on a concave base. Two angular coil handles are applied to the upper body and attached to the side of the cutout, folded upward over the rim. A tall zigzag thread with sixteen segments decorates the body from the shoulder to the underside of the base.