Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)

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Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1009

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DescriptionThis vessel is made of medium-thin glass in a transparent natural green hue, although the exact color and fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. It is free-blown and tooled with no pontil mark. The tips of the two coil handles are drawn out thin and folded back to the shoulder. Classified as Isings 1957, Form 61, the bottle features a collar rim folded outward, downward, outward again, upward, and flattened to form a brim. A cylindrical neck ends with a tool mark at its base, transitioning to a horizontal shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter above the center and sits on a flattened base with a central depression. Two coil handles run from the shoulder to just below the rim.