Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1802
Not on View
DescriptionVery thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Translucent to transparent streaked manganese colored glass.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter above middle. Base flattened with depression in center.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 26.
Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 77, repr. fig. 11.1st century CE
First half of the first century CE
1st century CE
5th-6th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
5th century CE
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