Glass bottle
Translucent light green, with yellow green streak in bottom.
Uneven rim folded out, round, up, and in; flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck; horizontal shoulder, pushed in on one side; tall, straight-sided body, tapering downwards to projecting bulge at junction with thick, solid, knob-like rounded base with pontil scar.
On side, 34 almost vertical ribs.
Intact; bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescence on exterior, reddish soil encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Uneven rim folded out, round, up, and in; flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck; horizontal shoulder, pushed in on one side; tall, straight-sided body, tapering downwards to projecting bulge at junction with thick, solid, knob-like rounded base with pontil scar.
On side, 34 almost vertical ribs.
Intact; bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescence on exterior, reddish soil encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE or later
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a dip mold
- Dimensions: 6in. (15.2cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.55
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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