Lenticular Bottle

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Lenticular Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.780

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DescriptionThin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent streaked manganese colored glass. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Body flattened on two sides; horizontal tool indentation on one side. Flaring rim, rounded in flame. Tall cylindrical neck with slight taper and with constriction at its base. Circular flat-sided body, more than half of total height, with walls tapering to base. Round base; vessel cannot stand.