Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)
Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syro-Palestine
Date2nd through mid-1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Max Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam Pad-Base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumCore-formed glass; applied rim-disk, handles, and pad-base; applied marvered threads.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.345
Not on View
DescriptionThis small bottle was formed around a core and decorated with applied glass. It has a dark blue body with yellow and white threads melted into the surface. These threads were shaped into wavy lines and a feather pattern. The bottle has a tall neck, two curved handles, and a rounded base attached to a flat pad.
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 180, pp. 173-174, repr. (col.) p. 108, drawing, p. 408.
Arts, P.L.W., Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 84.
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
Mid-4th through early third centuries BCE
5th century BCE
3rd through 2nd century BCE
3rd century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late 6th - 5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
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