Bulbous Bottle on Foot
Bulbous Bottle on Foot
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 7/8 in. (20.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.635
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Translucent to opaque dark blue thread.
Body and neck blown into a one-part patterned mold, twisted, and expanded. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Added thread. Thin, heavy glass. A few small bubbles.
Rim rounded in flame. Funnel mouth. Tubular neck with curved transition to shoulder. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Walls taper down to a short hollow tubular pushed-in stem. Deeply concave base with flaring sides. Pushed-in hollow tubular base ring.
On mouth, neck, and upper part of body, narrow mold-blown curved corrugations from top left to bottom right. On mouth, ten and a half revolutions of thread from left to right beginning at top of rim. Halfway down neck, a coil with buckle from left to right.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II A 2 h.
Probably Sixth Century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to early fifth century
Probably Sixth Century
Probably first half of sixth century
4th-5th century CE
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