Bird-Shaped Vessel (Filler)
Bird-Shaped Vessel (Filler)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1227
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles.
Transparent natural pale green tint (5 G 7/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Tooled.
Vessel shaped like a bird with a large round opening where the head would have been. Everted rim folded outward, downward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Bulbous triangular body with a short tail pierced lengthwise through the tip and rounded in flame. Base flattened.
Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 130, no. 175.
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
Probably 17th century
Probably third to early fourth century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably mid-first century
4th century CE
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably first half of first century
Fourth century CE
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