Glass bottle in the shape of a dolphin or fish
Colorless; trails in colorless and turquoise blue; blobs in deep purple (?) appearing black.
Oval neck, curving upward at right angle to body; slender, lentoid body, drawn out into a thick flaring base, pierced with a small hole.
Body shaped like a dolphin or fish with base as mouth; one thick colorless trail extending from top of mouth to rear of body in tight folds but pierced with a hole at front above mouth; another colorless trail applied along underside of body from front to back and decorated with tooled crimps; on each side of body, a pad of colorless glass applied and tooled flat into fins, a black blob applied as an eye, and above fin and eye a turquoise trail in an arch along sides.
Broken and repaired, with end of neck (and rim ?), part of base, large parts of body on both sides, and trail along top missing, one small area of fill in trail along top of body; some elongated bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy weathering, and spots of encrustation.
Oval neck, curving upward at right angle to body; slender, lentoid body, drawn out into a thick flaring base, pierced with a small hole.
Body shaped like a dolphin or fish with base as mouth; one thick colorless trail extending from top of mouth to rear of body in tight folds but pierced with a hole at front above mouth; another colorless trail applied along underside of body from front to back and decorated with tooled crimps; on each side of body, a pad of colorless glass applied and tooled flat into fins, a black blob applied as an eye, and above fin and eye a turquoise trail in an arch along sides.
Broken and repaired, with end of neck (and rim ?), part of base, large parts of body on both sides, and trail along top missing, one small area of fill in trail along top of body; some elongated bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy weathering, and spots of encrustation.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle in the shape of a dolphin or fish
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Rhineland
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.141
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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