Squat Bottle with Piriform Body
Squat Bottle with Piriform Body
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Cyprus?
DateProbably Second or Early Third Century
DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.699
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Circular scar on base, ca. 1.9 cm.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Piriform body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class XIID"3a
Probably Second or Early Third Century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
1st-2nd century CE
Second half of first century CE
First half of third century
Fourth century
Second half of sixth to early seventh century
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