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 1/8 in. (8 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.530

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DescriptionTransparent pale green tint (10 GY 6/2). Medium thin glass. Numerous pinprick and small vertically elongated bubbles in neck; some large spherical bubbles in body. Neck free blown. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief indistinct and difficult to distinguish because of the transparency of the glass. Vertical crimps at base of neck from tool used to hold vessel while finishing rim. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with slight downward taper. Sloping shoulder. Slender ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside with two raised concentric circles. On the shoulder, six arches, each containing an unidentified, small, smooth, egg-shaped object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by degenerated columns, each with a rudimentary base. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with handle to the right; 2, a footed bowl with wide opening and two handles from shoulder to rim, the opening containing one (?) row of rounded objects (fruit?); 3, a footed vessel with two very small handles on the shoulder; 4, a slender footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, oblate body, and tall crooked stem, the mouth filled with two (?) rows of rounded objects (fruit?); 5, a footed jug with handle to the right; and 6, a second footed vessel as in panel 3. Around the bottom, six triangular leaves with tips centered beneath panels alternating with a small ovoid fruit below each column. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3b Transparent pale green tint (10 GY 6/2). Neck free blown. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief indistinct and difficult to distinguish because of the transparency of the glass. Vertical crimps at base of neck from tool used to hold vessel while finishing rim. Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with slight downward taper. Sloping shoulder. Slender ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside with two raised concentric circles. On the shoulder, six arches, each containing an unidentified, small, smooth, egg-shaped object. On the body, six rectangular panels divided by degenerated columns, each with a rudimentary base. In the panels, six vessels, from left to right: 1, a spouted jug with handle to the right; 2, a footed bowl with wide opening and two handles from hip to rim, the opening containing one(?) row of rounded objects (fruit?); 3, a footed vessel with two very small handles on the shoulder; 4, a slender footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, oblate body, and tall crooked stem, the mouth filled with two(?) rows of rounded objects (fruit?); 5, a footed jug with handle to the right; and 6, a second footed vessel as in panel 3. Around the bottom, six triangular leaves with tips centered beneath panels alternating with a small ovoid fruit below each column. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3b

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. 33, pp. 126-127, photo, Fig. 43, p. 48.

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