Pointed Bottle with Two Handles

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Pointed Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th Century

DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, free-blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1189

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DescriptionThin glass; the fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The glass is a transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2) with translucent similarly colored handles. The body was blown into a patterned mold and then expanded; the neck and mouth were free-blown and tooled. A pontil mark about 1.3 cm wide is present, and the excess glass at the tips of the handles was clipped off. Blowing spirals are visible. The rim flares outward and is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The vessel has a tubular neck, strongly sloped shoulder, pointed body, and a concave base. Two curved coil handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, where they are folded downward, inward, and upward, then outward to form a closed loop that curves inward to the rim’s edge. On the body, expanded corrugations curve from the upper body to just above the base. This vessel is classified as a Pointed Bottle (possibly Amphora) II A 4a with handles I A 2a, corresponding to Barag amphorisk type 4-1 (pl. 37).