Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.6 cm); Neck Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1068
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DescriptionThis squat bulbous bottle is free-blown from medium thick glass and contains small bubbles throughout. The glass is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). The bottle was finished without a pontil mark, and the decoration was applied and tooled while hot.
The bottle has a tall tubular neck that transitions smoothly into a horizontal shoulder. The body is squat and bulbous, reaching its greatest diameter at the middle. The base is flattened.
The decoration consists of sixteen sharp, thin ribs that extend from the shoulder to approximately 1.4 cm above the base.
mid-4th to mid-5th century
2nd-3rd century CE
4th-5th century CE
4th century
1st century CE
3rd-4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
Late 4th to late 5th century
3rd-5th century CE
3rd century CE
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