Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

Place of OriginPhoenicia

DateProbably mid-1st century or earlier

DimensionsH: 3 5/16 in. (8.38 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.25 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.474

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DescriptionThis hexagonal bottle is composed of medium thin glass in streaked tones ranging from translucent to opaque dark greenish gray (near 5 GY 4/1) and grayish olive green (5 GY 3/2). The batch was not well melted, and the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. The vessel belongs to the Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3a-y. The neck was free blown, while the body was formed in a four-part mold consisting of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams are visible between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief is indistinct, and vertical crimps at the base of the neck mark where the vessel was held during the finishing of the rim. The flaring rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The cylindrical neck has a slight downward taper, leading into a sloping shoulder and an ovoid body. The base is low, offset, and flat with two raised concentric circles. The decoration corresponds to that of object 1923.531.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, cat. no. 30, pp. 125-126.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.