Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern

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Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria or inland Palestine

DateProbably 3rd century

DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm);
H body: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm);
Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5-6.3 cm);
Diam Rim: 1 9/16 in. (3.95-3.8 cm);
Diam base: 1 3/8 in. (3.55 x 3.4 cm)

MediumMedium thick glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1082

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DescriptionThis vessel is made of medium thick glass with a translucent moderate brown color. Numerous medium to large linear bubbles are visible in the neck, with some bubbles having burst at the interior surface. The neck and projecting roll were free blown, while the body and collar above the shoulder were blown into a three-part mold composed of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII). Vertical mold seams run adjacent to and beneath the leaves. The relief decoration remains crisp. A pontil mark approximately 1.0 cm in diameter is present on the base. The bottle features a triangular hollow rim that is folded downward and outward, then upward and inward. It has a tall cylindrical neck with a constriction at its base and a hollow projecting roll above the shoulder collar. The ovoid body tapers to a flat base. The body is decorated with a stylized grape pattern consisting of eleven interlocking rows of twenty-one small, widely spaced hemispherical knobs. At the shoulder next to the mold seams are two small vestigial leaves. The underside of the base is undecorated. This vessel belongs to the Stylized Grape Bottle, Series B.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, no. 127, p. 194-195, colopl. 19, p. 57.