Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)

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Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

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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DescriptionTransparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. No pontil mark. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back to shoulder. Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Collar rim, folded outward, downward, outward, upward, and flattened to form a brim. Cylindrical neck with tool mark at its base. Horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above center. Base flattened with depression in center. Two coil handles from shoulder to below rim. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 61.