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Bottle-Shaped Jar
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Bottle-Shaped Jar

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 in. (15.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. L. Schinasi
Object number
1930.31
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles elongated vertically in neck, oval in body. Transparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.9 cm. Rim rounded and thickened in flame with tool mark on interior around three-quarters of rim. Tapering neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter just below shoulder. Pointed base. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle-Shaped Jar II B 1 i.
Published References"A Gift of Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News, 59, February 1931, ill.

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