Bulbous Bottle
Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Body Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1347
Not on View
DescriptionThis bulbous bottle was free-blown and tooled from medium thin glass. The glass is translucent with streaks of dark manganese coloring. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The bottle does not have a pontil mark.
It has a slightly tapering neck with a constriction at its base. The bulbous body reaches its greatest diameter just above the middle. The base is flattened. The body shows twenty-six indistinct vertical corrugations, which were mold-blown and reblown.
4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
5th century CE
4th century
4th century CE
6th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably late 1st to mid-2nd century
4th century CE
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