Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of OriginSyria [Roman], possibly from Laodicea

Date2nd-3rd century CE

Dimensions3 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (9.2 × 3.8 × 5.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1908.73

Not on View

DescriptionThis bulbous bottle with two handles (Bottle II A 3 a, with handles I A 2 d) is made of thin, free-blown and tooled glass. It is a transparent natural grayish yellow-green (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2), with translucent light olive handles. Blowing spirals are visible, and the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. The rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward, with a tool mark on the interior. The vessel has a tubular neck, sloping shoulder, and a bulbous body widest below the midpoint. The base is concave with a pontil mark approximately 1.2 cm in diameter. Two curved coil handles are attached at the shoulder and lower neck, each trailing partially around the neck in opposite directions to form a neck coil. Excess glass from the handles is drawn out thin along the neck.

Published ReferencesThe Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, 1908.