Glass bottle

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168

Translucent cobalt blue.
Everted rim, partially folded over and in; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal bulge line towards base; sloping convex shoulder with prominent outer ridge; cylindrical body with sides slightly expanding downwards with prominent horizontal ridge below; convex undercurve; circular bottom with hollow central boss. Two mold seams run from lower part of neck down sides to top of prominent horizontal ridge; a separate cup-shaped section forms the lower body and base.
On shoulder, indistinct pattern of wavy radiating lines; on body, continuous frieze divided by mold into two pairs of matching panels, comprising four vertical double-ended thyrsoi alternating with four palm trees, all connected by arched fronds, and in the field below eight five-pointed stars; around bottom, a frieze of thirty-three upturned, rounded tongues in raised relief; on bottom, raised circle around edge, two concentric circles surrounding a thicker and higher ring around a hollow central boss.
Intact; pitting, dulling, and patches of creamy brown weathering and iridescence.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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