Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateSecond half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.886
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque streaked pale purple blue; black streaks on interior of neck and white streak on exterior of neck.
Medium thin glass.
Opaque streaked pale purple blue; black streaks on interior of neck and white streak on exterior of neck.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto underside of base. Relief crisp.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a bunch of grapes. Concave underside of base.
Body shaped like a three-lobed bunch of small round grapes with a vine leaf hanging from the shoulder on either side. Slender profile tapering toward top.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto underside of base (MCT VIII). Relief crisp.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 180, no. 109, color pl. 17.Second half of the first century CE
Mid-first to early second century
Probably early third century
First century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
Probably second half of first century
Perhaps second century
Probably first half of first century
Perhaps 2nd century
Second half of first century CE
Probably late second century
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