Glass bottle in the shape of a fish
Translucent pale blue green; applied trails and blobs in same color.
Tubular body, tooled at front to form open mouth, and drawn up and pressed flat at back to form solid tail.
Tail tooled into three vertical fins; a long trail applied along top to form a dorsal fin; two blobs applied to sides of head as eyes; two tooled blobs applied at sides of body as small fins; two smaller blobs applied at back below tail as other fins, and a small blob applied to front of base of tail.
Intact, but some internal cracks in body and small weathered chips in back edge of tail; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and soil encrustation on interior.
In the form of a fish with fins.
Tubular body, tooled at front to form open mouth, and drawn up and pressed flat at back to form solid tail.
Tail tooled into three vertical fins; a long trail applied along top to form a dorsal fin; two blobs applied to sides of head as eyes; two tooled blobs applied at sides of body as small fins; two smaller blobs applied at back below tail as other fins, and a small blob applied to front of base of tail.
Intact, but some internal cracks in body and small weathered chips in back edge of tail; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and soil encrustation on interior.
In the form of a fish with fins.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle in the shape of a fish
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: length 4 5/8in. (11.7cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.135
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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