Piriform Bottle (Unguentarium)

Place of OriginSyro-Palestinian

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1477

Not on View

DescriptionOpaque white, translucent light green, and translucent dark green bands. Fabric cannot be determined because of extreme weathering. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Made from pre-formed colored rods visible on both interior and exterior. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with tool mark at its base. Piriform body, more than two-thirds of total height. Flattened base with slight depression in center. Spiraling color bands from center of base to rim. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 28 A.

Published ReferencesNg, Diana Y., The Art of the Everyday: Objects from Ancient Daily Life, Dearborn, Regents of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2019, pp. 108-111, repr. (col.) 109.Exhibition HistoryDearborn, Michigan, Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Art of the Everyday: Objects from Ancient Daily Life, Apr. 25-Jul. 5, 2019.