Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Body Diam: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.753
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DescriptionThis green glass bottle, made between the 4th and 5th centuries CE, has a squat bulbous body, a tall funnel neck with a slight bulge, and a tubular rim folded in several directions. The base is concave with its widest point at the center. The bottle was shaped by blowing and tooling.
4th-6th century CE
3rd-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
4th-5th century CE
3rd - 5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
3rd century CE
Early to mid-4th century
2nd-3rd century CE
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