Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.998
Not on View
DescriptionThis glass bottle has a round body, two pinched handles, and decorative indentations. It was made by blowing and shaping thin glass and has thread decoration around the neck and shoulder.
about 3rd-4th century CE
Mid-fourth to fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Probably late fifth to early sixth century
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