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Piriform Bottle with Solid Base

Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date2nd Century
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 8 1/16 × 1 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (20.5 × 2.7 × 7.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George E. Pomeroy
Object number
1918.1
Not on View
DescriptionThis piriform bottle is made of thin transparent glass in a natural grayish-green hue (10 GY 5/2). Due to weathering, the fabric of the glass cannot be determined. It was free-blown and shaped with tools; no pontil mark is visible. The bottle features a collar rim folded outward, downward, outward again, and upward, forming a compact profile. The tall cylindrical neck is slightly constricted at its base, transitioning into a pear-shaped body with its greatest diameter near the lower half. The base is flattened with a slight central depression.

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