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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: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.467
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque white. Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV). Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1 meet off center on underside of base. Relief moderately crisp. Edges of mold not well aligned. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Cylindrical neck. Bulbous body with greatest diameter halfway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. Decoration like 1923.472. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1a-y Opaque white.
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. 16, p. 118.

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.
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Mid-first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Birds Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Birds Type, Series A
Probably second quarter of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Masks Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Masks Type, Series A
Probably second quarter of the first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Fruit Type, Series A
Probably second quarter of first century
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century

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