Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
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Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
MediumGlass; expanded mold-blown; tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.662
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent to translucent moderate yellowish brown (near 10 YR 5/4). Translucent similarly colored handles.
Body blown into a one-part patterned mold, then twisted slightly and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown and tooled. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm.
Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form broad brim. Tall tubular neck. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at center. Concave base. Two curving coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to center of neck, and attached to rim to form a double-tiered loop.
On body, from shoulder to just above base, 20 curved corrugations.
CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Bottle II A 3 a with handles I A 2 d.
3rd-4th century CE
Probably fifth century
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