Tubular Bottle
Tubular Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Kingdom of Bosporos
Date2nd or 3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.627
Not on View
DescriptionThis tubular bottle, classified as Candlestick Class XIA3d, is made of transparent, decolored glass with a grayish yellow-green tinge (near 5 GY 7/2). It features an everted rim rolled inward, a tall cylindrical neck with slightly concave walls, and a shallow, disk-shaped body. The base is concave. The vessel was free-blown and tooled, with no pontil mark.
First half of 3rd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Second to mid-3rd century CE
Probably 3rd century CE
2nd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd century CE
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