Glass jar with two handles

Roman

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Translucent yellow green; handles in same color.

Vertical, rounded rim; below, vertical collar with horizontal indented side and rounded bulge at base, turned in horizontally to short, concave-sided neck; pushed-in, horizontal shoulder; large bulbous body; broad bottom, with central kick and pontil pad; two strap handles applied in large pads to top edge of body, drawn up vertically, folded down and inward, and trailed onto collar, pinched of above rim.

On body, ten irregular vertical indents.

Intact; pinprick bubbles and a few black impurities; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and weathering, with some patches of soil encrustation.

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