Glass lentoid bottle
Translucent honey yellow; handles in translucent pale green.
Flaring rim with rounded outer lip, folded over and in; tall, cylindrical neck with horizontal tooling indent around base; body with flat sides and rounded edges, tapering to thick, slightly flattened bottom; pontil scar on bottom; two handles applied to edges of upper body in pads, each with a single tooled slanting projection, drawn up vertically, then turned in, and applied to lower part of neck with upward trails.
Intact; blowing striations on body, and bubbles and black impurities in handles; dulling, faint iridescent weathering, and some soil encrustation on exterior, soil encrustation and iridescent weathering covering most of interior.
Flaring rim with rounded outer lip, folded over and in; tall, cylindrical neck with horizontal tooling indent around base; body with flat sides and rounded edges, tapering to thick, slightly flattened bottom; pontil scar on bottom; two handles applied to edges of upper body in pads, each with a single tooled slanting projection, drawn up vertically, then turned in, and applied to lower part of neck with upward trails.
Intact; blowing striations on body, and bubbles and black impurities in handles; dulling, faint iridescent weathering, and some soil encrustation on exterior, soil encrustation and iridescent weathering covering most of interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass lentoid bottle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.237
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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