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Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)
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Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam (rim): 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam (body): 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Diam (base): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1383
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DescriptionThis fusiform bottle, also known as an unguentarium, is free-blown glass with numerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles. It is opaque red with opaque white flecks, each surrounded by a dark red area of discoloration. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. It has a tall cylindrical neck and an ovoid body with its greatest diameter at the middle. The base is pushed in with a hollow tubular base ring and a central depression. Chips of opaque white glass were picked up, reinflated, and tooled, producing vertical white dashes across the entire vessel. There is no pontil mark.

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