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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DescriptionThis vessel is made of free-blown and tooled glass. The glass is transparent manganese-colored pale red (between 5 R 6/2 and 5 R 4/2) with translucent pale olive handles (near 10 Y 6/2). The pontil mark measures approximately 1.7 cm. The excess glass at the tips of the handles is drawn out thin and clipped or folded back against the handle.
The rim is rounded and partly thickened in the flame. The neck is tall and concave with a sloping shoulder. The bulbous body reaches its greatest diameter above the center and sits on a pushed-in base. Two angular coil handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the lower part of the neck, where they are folded downward and upward.
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
3rd-4th century CE
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