Glass jar with four handles

Roman

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Translucent manganese purple; handles in translucent pale green.
Rim slightly outsplayed, with rounded vertical lip; below hollow folded flange; funnel-shaped neck; uneven, slightly pushed-in shoulder; body with convex side, tapering downwards to small, pushed-in bottom with small pontil mark; four handles applied in large pads to top of side, drawn up vertically, turned in at a right angle, then folded upwards over flange to top of rim.
Part of rim and top of one handle missing, with weathered edges, but body complete; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, deep pitting, patches of weathering, and brilliant iridescence on exterior, whitish weathering covering much of interior.

Glass jar with four handles, Glass, Roman

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