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
3rd-4th century CE
Probably second half of 4th to early 5th century CE
2nd Century
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
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