Glass lentoid bottle with two handles
Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Thick, outsplayed, tubular rim, folded over and into shallow flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; lentoid body with rounded sides; thick, narrow oval bottom, slightly concave, with central pontil scar; two rod handles applied as large claw-like pads on lower neck, twisted round, up and outwards, tooled in with a downward fold, attached to edge of rim, and tooled off above.
On body, twelve irregular vertical ribs, made by tooling.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and some blowing striation; dulling, pitting, creamy weathering, and iridescence, with soil encrustation on interior.
Thick, outsplayed, tubular rim, folded over and into shallow flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; lentoid body with rounded sides; thick, narrow oval bottom, slightly concave, with central pontil scar; two rod handles applied as large claw-like pads on lower neck, twisted round, up and outwards, tooled in with a downward fold, attached to edge of rim, and tooled off above.
On body, twelve irregular vertical ribs, made by tooling.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and some blowing striation; dulling, pitting, creamy weathering, and iridescence, with soil encrustation on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass lentoid bottle with two handles
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: H. without handles 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.245
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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