Bottle-Shaped Jar
Bottle-Shaped Jar
Place of OriginRoman Empire
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.3rd-4th century CE
4th-6th century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
5th Century
about 4th century CE
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
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