Spherical Bottle
Spherical Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1151
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim lightly ground. Tubular neck with bulge above constriction at its base. Gently sloping shoulder. Spherical body. Base flattened with depression in center.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, form 103.
3rd-4th century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th-5th century CE
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