Glass bottle
Translucent light green.
Slightly uneven rim, cracked off and ground; funnel-shaped neck; broad, globular body, tapering downwards; concave bottom.
Decorated with bands of faint wheel-abraded horizontal lines: one immediately below rim, four more bands on upper body.
Intact; many pinprick and a few large bubbles, and blowing striations, with some black inclusions in neck; faint dulling and iridescence on exterior, large patches of soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Bottle with flaring mouth and long neck.
Slightly uneven rim, cracked off and ground; funnel-shaped neck; broad, globular body, tapering downwards; concave bottom.
Decorated with bands of faint wheel-abraded horizontal lines: one immediately below rim, four more bands on upper body.
Intact; many pinprick and a few large bubbles, and blowing striations, with some black inclusions in neck; faint dulling and iridescence on exterior, large patches of soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Bottle with flaring mouth and long neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: 7 1/4in. (18.4cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.63
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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