Bottle
Bottle
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 7.1cm (2 3/4 in.); Rim Diam: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.) Max Diam: 5.0 cm (2 in.)
MediumMosaic glass technique, multiple sections of cane picked up, tooled into an irregular pattern, blown and tooled at shoulder and rim, rotary-polished.
Assembled from sections of cane and blown; rotary-polished on the rim and exterior; tooled constriction at the junction of the neck and body.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1475
Not on View
DescriptionSmall blown bottle with a horizontal rim and rounded edge, a tall cylindrical neck tapering downward, and a broad piriform body with a slightly concave bottom. The marbled mosaic pattern is formed from alternating sections of two canes: one with a purple ground featuring opaque white irregular zigzags and parallel lines, the other with a light blue ground with similar opaque white zigzags and lines.
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. 616, p. 341, repr. (col.) p. 240, ill. p. 432.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 30, fig. 7B, repr. (col.) p. 31.
Early to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
probably 2nd century BCE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
probably 2nd century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd century BCE
1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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