Spherical Bottle

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Spherical Bottle

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (Syro-Palestinian)

Date1st-2nd Century CE

DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.15 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)

MediumFree blown; tooled; trailed decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.506

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DescriptionThin glass. Pinprick and small horizontal oval bubbles in body; vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Medium blue; applied white decoration; flared rim; neck widening at bottom; spherical body, body decorated with white spiral thread. Translucent to transparent dark blue. Opaque white thread. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread, melted into surface on base and lower part of body. Everted rim, rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck. Spherical body. Base flattened with slight depression in center. Spiral thread from base of neck to center of base.