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 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.470

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DescriptionOpaque white. Medium thin glass. Neck 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. Relief moderately crisp. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Tall cylindrical neck with unintentional bulge at midpoint. 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. Neck 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. Relief moderately crisp. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Tall cylindrical neck with unintentional bulge at midpoint. Bulbous body with greatest diameter halfway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. Decoration like Cat. No. 15. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1aÐy

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. 17, 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.