Tubular Bottle (Kohl Tube)

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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

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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.