Piriform Bottle
Piriform Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd-5th century CE
Dimensions6 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (15.2 × 7 × 3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; expanded mold blown, applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.746
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DescriptionThis light olive glass bottle, made between the 3rd and 5th centuries CE, has a pear-shaped body with thirty ribbed, slightly S-shaped corrugations. The tall neck is decorated with ten spirals of thin glass thread. The bottle was shaped in a mold and expanded by blowing, with the neck finished separately.
3rd-5th century CE
3rd - 5th century CE
Second half of fourth century
6th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
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