Bulbous Bottle with Indentations
Bulbous Bottle with Indentations
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.749
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent decolored (?) glass.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim rounded and partially thickened in flame. Funnel mouth. Tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Bulbous body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
On body, nine irregularly spaced and irregularly sized elongated indentations.
Fourth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Probably fourth century
Fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century
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