Bulbous Bottle

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Bulbous Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th Century

DimensionsH: 7 3/4 in. (19.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Body Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.756

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DescriptionNatural yellowish-green; plain rim; wide mouth; neck narrows toward shoulder; flattened spherical body; body with twenty-five tooled vertical tibs. Transparent natural grayish green (10 GY 5/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Tooled. Funnel mouth with rim rounded in flame. Short neck tapering upward. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above middle. Concave base. Around body, 25 irregularly spaced, pinched, vertical ribs of varying length. CLASSIFICATION Bulbous Bottle I B 2 a