Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateMid-first century or earlier
DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.473
Not on View
DescriptionThis hexagonal bottle is made of medium thin glass with numerous small spherical bubbles in the body and a mix of small to large linear and pinprick bubbles in the neck. The translucent surface is mottled dark yellow green (10 GY 4/4) and moderate blue green (5 BG 4/6), with opaque reddish brown streaks in the neck and rim. The batch was not well melted and may have been the same as that used for object 1923.531. 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, identified as MCT II. Mold seams are present between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. The relief is indistinct. Vertical crimps are visible at the base of the neck from the tool used to hold the vessel during rim formation.
The flaring rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The cylindrical neck tapers slightly downward. The shoulder slopes gently and connects to an ovoid body. The base is low, offset, and flat with two raised concentric circles.
The decoration is comparable to that on 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. 31, p. 126.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Axel von Saldern, et al. Gläder Der Antike (Sammlung Oppenländer). Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1974. fig. 401, p. 142.Probably first half of first century
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably first half of first century
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably mid- to second half of first century
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
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