Glass ribbed bottle
Translucent blue.
Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; pushed-in shoulder; squat, globular body; thick, slightly concave bottom.
Twelve, regularly-spaced vertical ribs extending from rim down neck and body, ending above bottom, and forming projecting solid fins on side of body.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation and brownish weathering.
Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; pushed-in shoulder; squat, globular body; thick, slightly concave bottom.
Twelve, regularly-spaced vertical ribs extending from rim down neck and body, ending above bottom, and forming projecting solid fins on side of body.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation and brownish weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1349
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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