Glass two-handled bottle
Translucent blue green; handles in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and in, with beveled outer edge; flaring, lob-sided mouth; short, funnel-shaped neck, expanding downward to join imperceptibly with slender bulbous body; integral, thick, slightly everted base ring; uneven, concave bottom; rod handle applied to shoulder in long, crimped pads, drawn up and round, pressed on to neck and trailed off back along top of handles.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescence, with areas of creamy weathering and encrustation.
Rim folded out, round, and in, with beveled outer edge; flaring, lob-sided mouth; short, funnel-shaped neck, expanding downward to join imperceptibly with slender bulbous body; integral, thick, slightly everted base ring; uneven, concave bottom; rod handle applied to shoulder in long, crimped pads, drawn up and round, pressed on to neck and trailed off back along top of handles.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescence, with areas of creamy weathering and encrustation.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass two-handled bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Other: 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.132
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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