Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Phoenicia
DateProbably first half of first century
DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
MediumMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.465
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque 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 indistinct.
Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall 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-yy
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 indistinct.
Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck. 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 A1aÐyy
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. 20, p. 120.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.
Probably first half of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
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