Squat Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Squat Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); Diam (body): 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, trailed decoration, applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1212
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DescriptionThis squat bulbous bottle with two handles is free-blown from medium thick transparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2) with pinprick bubbles and features trailed decoration and applied handles. The translucent handles, neck, and rim coil are similarly colored, while the applied thread is a moderate blue-green (near 5 BG 4/6). The pontil mark measures about 1.3 cm. A flaring rim, rounded in flame, tops the tubular neck with a curved transition to the sloping shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter below center and rests on a concave base. Two angular coil handles extend from the shoulder to the center of the neck, folded inward, upward, and outward. The vessel has a rim coil, a neck coil, and on the body, a regular zigzag trail with fourteen points that continues upward as three revolutions of straight thread.
mid-4th to mid-5th century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
4th-5th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
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