Ovoid Bottle on Base Ring
Ovoid Bottle on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.498
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural grayish green (5 G 5/2). Similarly colored thread.
Free-blown. Pontil mark cannot be detected because of weathering. Added thread.
Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Ovoid body with greatest diameter at middle. Flat base with depression in center. Hollow tubular pushed-in base.
On base of neck, two revolutions of thread.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II D 3 b.
3rd-5th century CE
3rd-5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Probably fourth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Second half of sixth to early seventh century
4th-5th century CE
3rd-5th century CE
Late 4th-5th century CE
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission