Roman Glass Jar with three handles
SKU: S.34.
Period: Roman Period.
Date: 3rd/4th Century AD.
Dimension: 10 cm in height.
Condition: intact.
Description
Description
Ancient Roman Glass Jar with three handles, 3rd/4th Century AD
Vertical rounded rim with ridge below it, open on inside, short neck, squat globular body, concave base with pontil mark.
Three blue handles rise from upper part of body, join ridge at right angle, and run along it till top of rim.
Trail of same color applied in a zigzag band around middle of body, continuing above it in a single horizontal coil.
Intact.
(The basic glass used locally in ancient times was greenish or bluish in hue, owing to the presence of metal oxides in the raw material, additional ornamentation in strong shades, such as blue, turquoise, and green, was particularly popular among the glass artisans of the late Roman-Early Byzantine period, who used colorful glass trails both for decoration and for the handles and bases, creating a striking color contrast)
Ref:
Yael Israeli, Ancient glass in the Israel Museum the Eliahu Dobkin collection and other gifts No.307.
Yael Israeli, The wonders of ancient glass at the Israel museum, Jerusalem page 40
