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Bulbous Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up and combed, reinflated and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1479
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Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 53, no. 111. (A close parallel dated "Late 1st-early 2nd century A.D.")

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