jar
Object NameJar with Two Handles
Made FromGlass
Date300-599
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Syro-Palestine
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 10.4 cm, Diam (max): 5.8 cm; Rim Diam (max): 3 cm
Accession Number51.1.240
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionJar with Two Handles. Very pale green transparent glass with bubbles, deep blue translucent, with few black inclusions (trails and handles); blown, applied. Jar shaped like pear, with two handles. Rim inturned, with rounded lip; wall flares to greatest diameter at about two-thirds of height, then curves down and in to about one-third of height, and tapers; base rounded; pontil mark. Decorated on rim with continuous thick trail and on upper wall with narrow trail wound spirally in eight revolutions. Two opposed handles, each dropped onto upper wall, immediately below spiral trail, drawn out, up, and in, and cast off to form small, slanting loop.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
