Bottle
Bottle
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); W: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.409
Not on View
DescriptionSmall bottle with outsplayed rim and a closed, cut-out tubular ledge below an upward- and inward-sloping lip. It has a short cylindrical neck with a slight bulge at the middle, a broad piriform body, and a slightly concave base. The striped mosaic pattern is formed from vertical lengths of a single cane composed of parallel strips in dark blue, opaque white, and possibly purple. Each length begins on one side of the rim, extends down the body and across the bottom (becoming progressively wider), then continues upward on the opposite side to the rim.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 614, p. 341, drawing p. 432.
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late 6th - 5th century BCE
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