Spherical Bottle

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Spherical Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1138

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DescriptionVery thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body and vertical linear bubbles in neck. Transparent pale purple tint (5 RP 6/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Rim folded outward/upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Spherical body. Base flattened with slight depression in center. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 26.