Tubular Bottle (Kohl Tube)
Tubular Bottle (Kohl Tube)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.632
Not on View
DescriptionThis object is a tubular bottle, also called a kohl tube. It is made of transparent streaky grayish blue glass. The glass is thin and contains numerous medium-sized vertically elongated bubbles, a few black specks, and visible blowing spirals. There is a pontil mark measuring 1.9 cm.
The vessel has a flaring rim that is partially folded outward, upward, and inward. It has a tubular neck and a bulbous body that is collapsed inward with a round base. On the body, from the shoulder to about 2.5 cm above the base, are five deep elongated indented folds.
This vessel is classified as Tubular Bottle II A 4 i; Barag pl. 47 “spindle-shaped bottle” type 5-1.
Mid-3rd to mid-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Late 4th to end of 5th century
about 578-636 or 638
about 578-629
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