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

DescriptionThis bottle (Bottle II B 2 a) is made of transparent, natural yellow-green glass (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2) with medium-thin walls and a few small bubbles. It was formed by free-blowing and has no pontil mark. The rim is rounded in a flame. The vessel features a tall funnel-shaped mouth on a short tapering neck, with a curved transition to a nearly horizontal shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the center, and the base is concave.