Piriform Bottle with Inner Diaphragm
Piriform Bottle with Inner Diaphragm
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2411
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 2.0 cm. Cut.
Rim outsplayed at a 45 degree angle and rounded in flame with a projecting roll below. Tubular neck with constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.5 cm. Piriform body. Flattened base with slight depression in center.
On body, wheel-cut geometric design: on upper part of body, parallel slanting lines from top right to bottom left, resting on a horizontal line. This line forms the top border of a row of large lozenges with scratched centers which rests on two horizontal lines. The X's are cut sloppily, extending over the horizontal borders.
Glass; free blown, tooled and wheel cut.
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably third century
Fifth to seventh centuries
3rd-4th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
First half of 3rd century
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