Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

Place of OriginPhoenicia

DateProbably first quarter of first century

DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.472

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Opaque white. Neck and rim free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1 meet off center on underside of base. Edges of mold between panels 1 and 6 and between panels 4 and 5 not well aligned. Relief crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Cylindrical neck with vertical crimp at its base. Bulbous body with greatest diameter midway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. On the shoulder, six pointed arches, each containing an unidentified, large dome-shaped object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by columns with a broad abacus and torus capital, smooth shaft, and high double torus base. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with high handle to the right and scalloped base; 2, a footed bowl with wide opening and two high, curved vertical handles from shoulder to rim, the opening containing three rows of rounded objects (fruit?); 3, a footed wide-mouthed vessel with two small vertical handles on the shoulder; 4, a footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, oblate body, and tall stem, the mouth filled with two rows of rounded dimpled objects (fruit?); 5, a footed jug with a round mouth and high handle to the right; and 6, a second footed, wide-mouthed vessel as in panel 3. Around the bottom, fillets suspended from the center of one panel to the center of the adjacent panel, with alternating large and small fruits with knobbed surfaces below each column, the larger ones on the mold seams and covering the fillet. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1a Opaque white. Neck and rim free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV A). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1 meet off center on underside of base. Edges of mold between panels 1 and 6 and between panels 4 and 5 not well aligned. Relief crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Cylindrical neck with vertical crimp at its base. Bulbous body with greatest diameter midway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. On the shoulder, six pointed arches, each containing an unidentified, large dome-shaped object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by columns with a broad abacus and torus capital, smooth shaft, and high double torus base. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with high handle to the right and scalloped base; 2, a footed bowl with wide opening and two high, curved vertical handles from shoulder to rim, the opening containing three rows of rounded objects (fruit?); 3, a footed wide-mouthed vessel with two small vertical handles on the shoulder; 4, a footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, oblate body, and tall stem, the mouth filled with two rows of rounded dimpled objects (fruit?); 5, a footed jug with a round mouth and high handle to the right; and 6, a second footed, wide-mouthed vessel as in panel 3. Around the bottom, fillets suspended from the center of one panel to the center of the adjacent panel, with alternating large and small fruits with knobbed surfaces below each column, the larger ones on the mold seams and covering the fillet. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1a

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. 15, pp. 113-118, color pl. 5 and 6, photographs, figs. 43, 71, and 72.

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

Comparative ReferencesSee also Israeli, Yael, "Sidonian Mold-Blown Glass Vessels in the Museum Haaretz," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 6, 1964, p. 34. Cf. von Saldern, Axel et al., Gläser der Antike, Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Hamburg, 1974, nos. 401-459.