Glass hexagonal bottle
Opaque white.
Rim folded out, round, and in, with slightly beveled upper lip; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; convex curving shoulder; hexagonal body with vertical sides, then cup-shaped below; low base with rounded edge and uneven, slightly indented bottom. Mold seams run from base of neck, down sides, and meet at center of bottom.
Decoration in three registers: on shoulder, in blurred relief, six floral motifs; on body, six rectangular panels, each framed at sides with posts or slender columns, and bordered below by a blurred egg-and-dart band; in each panel, a frontal theatrical mask; above the base, alternating rounded and pointed leaves in blurred relief. Signs of cracking and distortion of mold visible on two of the panels.
Intact; patches of dulling, thick creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The panels are decorated with a series of six masks, identified as a Medusa, a horned Pan, two bearded men, a youth, and a woman.
Rim folded out, round, and in, with slightly beveled upper lip; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; convex curving shoulder; hexagonal body with vertical sides, then cup-shaped below; low base with rounded edge and uneven, slightly indented bottom. Mold seams run from base of neck, down sides, and meet at center of bottom.
Decoration in three registers: on shoulder, in blurred relief, six floral motifs; on body, six rectangular panels, each framed at sides with posts or slender columns, and bordered below by a blurred egg-and-dart band; in each panel, a frontal theatrical mask; above the base, alternating rounded and pointed leaves in blurred relief. Signs of cracking and distortion of mold visible on two of the panels.
Intact; patches of dulling, thick creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The panels are decorated with a series of six masks, identified as a Medusa, a horned Pan, two bearded men, a youth, and a woman.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass hexagonal bottle
- Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
- Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a three-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.228
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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