Glass bottle fragment

4th–3rd century BCE

Not on view

Translucent cobalt blue; trails in opaque white.
Body fragment curving in at top towards shoulder.
White trails tooled into feather pattern.
Pitting of surface bubbles; rough surface on interior with pitting and creamy brown weathering.
The fragment may belong to an alabastron, but the feather pattern is unusual since it does not have a large 'eye' at the top from the end of the tooling stroke.

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Title: Glass bottle fragment
Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic
Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
Culture: Eastern Mediterranean or Italian
Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group II
Dimensions: Other: 1 1/2 x 13/16 in. (3.9 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.2035
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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