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Hexagonal Bottle, Fruit Type, Series A

Place of OriginPhoenicia, possibly made in Sidon
DateProbably second half of first century
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.435
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Collections
  • Glass
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, pp. 124-125, no. 16.

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. 39, p. 133.

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