Hexagonal Bottle, Fruit Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Fruit Type, Series A
Place of OriginPhoenicia, possibly made in Sidon
DateProbably second quarter of first century
DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a three-part mold, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.434
Not on View
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Published ReferencesLightfoot, Christopher S., "A Roman Glass Flask in the Gaziantep Museum," Anatolian Studies, Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 35, 1985, p. 124, no. 15 (reprint in doc file 1923.429).
- Glass
Stern, 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. 37, p. 132, color pl. 7, p. 53.
Probably mid-first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
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