Squat Bottle with Piriform Body
Squat Bottle with Piriform Body
Place of OriginRoman Empire, possibly from Cyprus
Date2nd or early 3rd century CE
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
DescriptionCandlestick unguentarium (Class XIID"3a). Medium thin glass; fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural green, though exact color cannot be confirmed due to weathering. Free-blown and tooled. Circular scar on base, approximately 1.9 cm in diameter.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall cylindrical neck with a curved transition to the shoulder. Piriform (pear-shaped) body. Base flattened with slight central depression.
2nd or early 3rd century CE
Probably 2nd century
4th century
First half of 3rd century
4th century
Probably second half of 4th to early 5th century CE
2nd Century
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
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