jar
Object NameJar with Two Handles
Made FromGlass
Date300-599
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Syro-Palestine
TechniqueApplied
SizeOverall H: 11.1 cm; Diam: 5.7 cm
Accession Number65.1.12
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionVery pale green transparent, deep bluish green translucent glass (trails and handles); blown, applied. Jar shaped like pear, with two handles. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall flares to greatest diameter at roughly two-thirds of height, then curves down and in to about one-third of height, and tapers; base narrow; pontil mark. Decorated on rim with continuous thick trail and on upper wall with narrow trail wound spirally in seven revolutions. Two opposed handles, each dropped onto upper wall at bottom of spiral trail, drawn out, up, and in, and cast off to form small, slanting loop.Provenance
Source
Asfar Bros.
