Glass oil bottle (aryballos)
Miniature aryballos.
Translucent deep honey brown; handles in same color (?).
Rim folded out, round and in, forming broad flat top with small, central hole; short, cylindrical neck; broad shoulder; bulbous body; pushed-in bottom; two broad rod handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; patches of dulling, pitting, brilliant iridescence, and thick, creamy white weathering.
Translucent deep honey brown; handles in same color (?).
Rim folded out, round and in, forming broad flat top with small, central hole; short, cylindrical neck; broad shoulder; bulbous body; pushed-in bottom; two broad rod handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; patches of dulling, pitting, brilliant iridescence, and thick, creamy white weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass oil bottle (aryballos)
- Period: Imperial
- Date: mid-1st to 3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.59
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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