Glass globular bottle
Colorless with light green tinge.
Collared rim, folded out, down, up, and out, and flattened upper surface; cylindrical, slightly convex neck, tooled in at base; horizontal shoulder; globular body; slightly concave bottom.
On body, three bands of wheel-cut horizontal lines: above, two shallow lines; at center, three deeper lines; below, two more shallow lines.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and some brown, limy encrustation around lower body.
Globular bottle with short neck: the body is decorated with horizontal cut bands.
Collared rim, folded out, down, up, and out, and flattened upper surface; cylindrical, slightly convex neck, tooled in at base; horizontal shoulder; globular body; slightly concave bottom.
On body, three bands of wheel-cut horizontal lines: above, two shallow lines; at center, three deeper lines; below, two more shallow lines.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and some brown, limy encrustation around lower body.
Globular bottle with short neck: the body is decorated with horizontal cut bands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass globular bottle
- Period: Early to Mid Imperial
- Date: 1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: 4 1/2in. (11.4cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.67
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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