Bulbous Bottle with Tall Neck

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of Originpossibly from Hauran, Roman Syria

Date3rd-4th century CE

Dimensions9 1/8 × 6 7/16 × 2 7/8 in. (23.1 × 16.3 × 7.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.49

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Natural light green; wide mouth; conical neck; flattened spherical body. Free-blown, no pontil mark. Rim rounded in flame. Tall funnel mouth on short tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Nearly horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base. CLASSIFICATION Bottle II B 2 a Transparent natural yellow green (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2).