Ten-Sided Bottle
Ten-Sided Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/2 in. (9.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.764
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.05 cm. Tooled indentations with reamer mark in center of each.
Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Slightly concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Horizontal shoulder. Ten-sided body formed by creating two rows of five circular indentations in the spherical bubble.
Fourth century
Probably fourth century
2nd Century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Probably fifth century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
4th-5th century CE
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
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