Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumFree-blown and tooled glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1250
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DescriptionFree-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.7 cm. Excess glass at tips of handles drawn out thin against top of handle and clipped off on one side, folded back against handle and flattened on other side. Transparent manganese-colored pale red. Translucent pale olive handles.
Rim rounded and partly thickened in flame. Tall concave neck. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above center. Pushed-in base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to lower part of neck where they are folded downward and upward.
Transparent manganese colored pale red (between 5 R 6/2 and 5 R 4/2). Translucent pale olive handles (near 10 Y 6/2).
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
First half of fourth century
Fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
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