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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 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Body H: 1 15/16 in. (4.85 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.478
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent to opaque patchy pale bluish gray. Medium thin glass. 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 indistinct. Vertical crimps at base of neck. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. Decoration like 1923.476. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A, Generation A1c. Translucent to opaque patchy pale bluish gray. 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 indistinct. Vertical crimps at base of neck. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. Decoration like Cat. No. 23. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A, 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. 24, p. 122.

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

Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
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