Lenticular Bottle

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Lenticular Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.776

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles. Transparent natural grayish yellow green (5 GY 7/2). Free-blown. Oval scar on base, ca. 1.7 x 0.9 cm. Body flattened on two sides. Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Circular flat-sided body, about two-thirds total of height. Round base; vessel cannot stand.