Ovoid Bottle with Base Knob
Ovoid Bottle with Base Knob
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd - 5th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown with applied decoration and base knob.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.745
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent dusky blue-green blobs and base knob. No pontil mark. Added blobs and base knob. Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Ovoid body with greatest diameter just below middle. Rounded base with applied base knob. Vessel cannot stand. Below middle of body, a single row of seven small circular blobs of glass partly melted into surface.
4th century CE
5th-6th century
4th century CE
about 4th century CE
Probably fourth century
Late 6th - 5th century BCE
7th-9th century
Probably sixth century, BCE, possibly later
3rd-4th century CE
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