Glass two-handled bottle
Rim folded out, round, and in, and flattened in to side of flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck; lentoid body with bulbous sides and slight tooling depressions on both faces; deep kick in bottom with circular pontil mark; two rod handles applied as pads to sides of upper body, drawn up (one straight, the other in a curve), turned in, and trailed onto top of neck, underside of mouth, and edge of rim, with rounded projecting ends.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass two-handled bottle
- Period: late Imperial
- Date: ca. 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: Other: 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (13.8 × 7.9 × 4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.294
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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