Glass bottle shaped like a date
Translucent yellowish brown.
Thin, everted rim folded round and in; flaring neck with concave sides; elongated body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of short wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact, except for small chip and crack in rim; some bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling, iridescence, and whitish weathering.
Thin, everted rim folded round and in; flaring neck with concave sides; elongated body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of short wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact, except for small chip and crack in rim; some bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling, iridescence, and whitish weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle shaped like a date
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st to early 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Diam.: 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (1.6 x 3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.234
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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