Spherical Bottle
Spherical Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
Dimensions(As preserved) H: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1150
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body and vertical linear bubbles in neck.
Translucent to transparent dark yellowish green (10 GY 4/4).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim ground. Tall cylindrical neck with sharp transition to shoulder. Spherical body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
Possibly complete, but rim looks reworked either in ancient or in modern times. Exterior covered with iridescent film. Areas of brownish yellow weathering and incipient surface frosting on interior.
Probably first half of first century
Fourth century CE
Probably fifth century
Probably first half of first century
Mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century
about 578-629
3rd-4th century CE
Sixth to early seventh centuries
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