Glass jar with two handles

4th century CE
Not on view
Translucent blue green; handles in same color.
Outsplayed rim, folded over and in, and smoothed into side of mouth; broad funnel-shaped neck; narrow shoulder; bulbous body; deep kick in bottom with central pontil scar; two large rod handles attached in pads to upper body, drawn up, folded in and downwards, and then trailed onto rim (and top of neck on one side), ending just over top of rim.
On body, twelve vertical ribs in relief.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, fine pitting, and iridescence, with some patches of creamy weathering.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass jar with two handles
  • Period: Late Imperial
  • Date: 4th century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
  • Dimensions: H.: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
  • Object Number: 30.115.78
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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