This vessel may be a study in developing the required speed and precision in handle-making. It is, perhaps, an ostentatious showpiece. The video has been speeded up to make the 11-time repetition of handles less tedious.
Jar (Handle Practice)
| Date | 5th to 6th century |
| Dimensions | H. 15.2 cm, D. (rim) 7.3 cm |
| Accession Number | 54.1.103 (CMOG) |
| Credit | The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 1147), formerly in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. |
| Video Type | full |