Spherical Bottle

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Spherical Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Body Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled wheel cut rings.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1320

Not on View

DescriptionTransparent light olive-brown (near 5 Y 5/6). Medium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Flanged rim folded outward, downward, outward, upward, outward, downward, and flattened. Tall tapering neck curving into a concave shoulder. Spherical body. Flat base with depression in center. On body, four bands of parallel wheel-cut incisions consisting of three lines each. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II B 3 a.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 58-59, no. 146. (A close parallel dated "Probably mid-late 2nd century A.D.").Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).