Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Phoenicia

DateProbably mid-first century

DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.476

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DescriptionTranslucent royal blue. Medium thin glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles in body and medium to large linear bubbles in neck. 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 at center of underside of base. Relief moderately crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. On the shoulder, six rounded arches, each containing an unidentified, smooth, ovoid object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by degenerated columns with rudimentary bases. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with high handle to the right; 2, a slender footed bowl with wide opening and two large curving handles from hip to rim, the opening containing a semicircular mound of fruit (or covered with a semicircular bowl?); 3, a footed jar with slender body and two very small handles on the shoulder; 4, a footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck and oblate body with two small vertical handles, the mouth filled with unidentified contents; 5, a footed jug with a spout and handle to the right; and 6, a footed jar with two small vertical handles on the shoulder. Around the bottom, six triangular leaves with tips centered beneath panels alternating with an irregularly shaped ovoid fruit below each column. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1c. Translucent royal blue. 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 at center of underside of base. Relief moderately crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. On the shoulder, six rounded arches, each containing an unidentified, smooth, ovoid object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by degenerated columns with rudimentary bases. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with high handle to the right; 2, a slender footed bowl with wide opening and two large curving handles from hip to rim, the opening containing a semicircular mound of fruit (or covered with a semicircular bowl?); 3, a footed jar with slender body and two very small handles on the shoulder; 4, a footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck and oblate body with two small vertical handles, the mouth filled with unidentified contents; 5, a footed jug with a spout and handle to the right; and 6, a footed jar with two small vertical handles on the shoulder. Around the bottom, six triangular leaves with tips centered beneath panels alternating with an irregularly shaped ovoid fruit below each column. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1c

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. 23, pp. 121-122, color plate 6, p. 52, photographs, figs. 55 and 72.

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