Pointed Bottle With Two Handles (Amphora)
Pointed Bottle With Two Handles (Amphora)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm)
MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, twisted, free blown, and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.994
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored thread, coils, and handles.
Body blown into a one-part patterned mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against top of handles and flattened.
Rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck with constriction at its base. Sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Coil base forming knob. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to middle of neck above neck coil where they are folded downward and upward to form a closed loop.
On body, indistinct expanded hand-blown corrugations curving from top left to bottom right and twelve, elongated deeply indented folds. Coils around lower part of neck from left to right. Around mouth, four revolutions of thread from left to right.
CLASSIFICATION: Pointed Bottle (Amphora) I A 2 d with handles I A 2 a.
4th-5th century CE
4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Late fourth to mid-fifth century
4th-5th century CE
Probably fourth century
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