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 or earlier

DimensionsH (surviving): 2 1/8 in. (5.35 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1977.26

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Translucent grayish blue. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Mold blown in a three-part mold. Neck free blown. Mold seams between panels 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 meet off center on underside of base. Relief crisp. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. Translucent grayish blue. Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV A). Mold seams between panels 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 meet off center on underside of base. Relief crisp. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside. On the shoulder, six pointed arches, each containing an unidentified, large, smooth, egg-shaped object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by columns, each with an abacus and torus capital, smooth shaft, and high double torus base. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with angular handle to the right; 2, a footed bowl with wide opening and two curving handles from hip to rim, the opening containing three rows of rounded objects (fruit?); 3, a footed wide-mouthed vessel with two small handles on the shoulder; 4, a slender footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, oblate body, and tall stem, the mouth filled with two rows of rounded dimpled objects (fruit?); 5, a footed jug with a spout and high handle to the right; and 6, a second footed wide-mouthed vessel as in panel 3. Around the bottom, fillets suspended from the center of one panel to the center of the adjacent panel, with a large fruit with a knobbed surface alternating with a small drop-shaped smooth fruit, the smaller fruit on the seams. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A2, Generation A2a

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. 25, p. 122.

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