Piriform Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

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Piriform Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (12.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1198

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DescriptionTransparent manganese-colored pale red-purple (5 RP 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handles (5 RP 4/2). Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Heavy hollow rim folded outward, downward, upward, and inward. Tubular neck with bulge above constriction at its base. Strongly sloped shoulder. Piriform body. Open pushed-in base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to upper part of neck where they are folded inward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop, then upward and inward over rim and flattened. CLASSIFICATION: Piriform Bottle I A 3 b.