Glass two-handled lentoid bottle
Translucent pale purple; handles in pale green.
Rom folded out, over, and in, and smoothed into side of short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; lentoid, circular body, with pontil scar on bottom; two thick rod handles, applied in very large pads to neck, drawn up and outward, then turned in horizontally, and pressed onto top of rim.
Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; slight pitting, weathering, and soil encrustation on exterior; thick weathering and soil encrustation on most of interior, appearing as brilliant iridescence through glass.
Rom folded out, over, and in, and smoothed into side of short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; lentoid, circular body, with pontil scar on bottom; two thick rod handles, applied in very large pads to neck, drawn up and outward, then turned in horizontally, and pressed onto top of rim.
Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; slight pitting, weathering, and soil encrustation on exterior; thick weathering and soil encrustation on most of interior, appearing as brilliant iridescence through glass.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass two-handled lentoid bottle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.53
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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