Glass bottle shaped like a date
Translucent yellowish brown.
Thick, everted rim folded round and in; flaring mouth; short cylindrical neck; elongated body; uneven pointed 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 weathered hole in neck; dulling, deep pitting, and brilliant iridescence.
Thick, everted rim folded round and in; flaring mouth; short cylindrical neck; elongated body; uneven pointed 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 weathered hole in neck; dulling, deep pitting, and brilliant iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle shaped like a date
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st–early 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Diam.: 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (2.2 x 3.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1508
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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3rd century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
ca. 50–80 CE
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1st half of 1st century CE
2nd century CE
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