Glass bottle
Rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed into top of broad and deep, conical mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward, with tooling marks around base; large, squat globular body; pushed-in bottom, flat at center.
Complete, but broken and restored around rim and mouth; few pinprick bubbles; deep pitting with areas of dulling, brilliant iridescence, and thick creamy weathering.
There is a tooled ridge running diagonally across on side of mouth, and two large tooled indents on side of upper body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Diam.: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.807
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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