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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome
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.

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