Glass bird-shaped bottle
Translucent pale blue.
Rim folded round and in, pressed flat on top, forming an uneven mouth with a slight spout, and a deep tooled indent in side of neck immediately below rim; oval, slanting neck; broad, flat body, imitating the body of a bird, slightly indented behind neck, extending back away from neck toward a pointed end; slightly flattened bottom.
Broken, with one small hole on body near front and a large hole at rear of body, including most of tail; many bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting and weathering, with most of surfaces covered with weathering and brilliant iridescence, and some soil encrustation on interior.
Rim folded round and in, pressed flat on top, forming an uneven mouth with a slight spout, and a deep tooled indent in side of neck immediately below rim; oval, slanting neck; broad, flat body, imitating the body of a bird, slightly indented behind neck, extending back away from neck toward a pointed end; slightly flattened bottom.
Broken, with one small hole on body near front and a large hole at rear of body, including most of tail; many bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting and weathering, with most of surfaces covered with weathering and brilliant iridescence, and some soil encrustation on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bird-shaped bottle
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.43
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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