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Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
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Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or inland Palestine
DateProbably third century
DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1083
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  • Glass
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, no. 91. (A close parallel dated to "probably 3rd century A.D.").

Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 193, no. 124

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