Piriform Bottle with Solid Base
Piriform Bottle with Solid Base
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural grayish-green (10 GY 5/2).
No trace of pontil mark.
Collar rim, folded outward/downward, outward, and upward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Piriform body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
Free-blown and tooled glass.
1st-2nd century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
1st century CE
2nd century
4th century CE
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