Piriform Bottle
Piriform Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, free blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1121
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles.
Transparent natural grayish green (10 GY 5/2).
Body blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved cylindrical mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. No pontil mark.
Triangular everted rim folded outward/downward and upward/inward. Tall tubular neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Piriform body. Concave base.
On body, 26 expanded mold-blown corrugations from ca. 1.7 cm below neck to just above edge of base. The corrugations widen toward greatest diameter.
Late fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably fifth to early sixth century
4th-5th century CE
4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
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