Octagonal Bottle with One Handle
Octagonal Bottle with One Handle
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm); Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown; tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.562
Not on View
DescriptionThis octagonal bottle was made by blowing glass into a mold. The base has a decorative pattern of raised circles around a central motif. A wide handle connects the shoulder to the rim, which has an added coil for reinforcement. The body shows signs of air bubbles and tooling.
1st century CE
2nd century CE
6th to early 7th century
6th to 7th century
4th century CE
Probably second quarter of the 1st century
3rd-4th century CE
Mid-1st to early 2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
Second half of 4th century
Probably mid-1st century
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