Bottle
Bottle
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 11.6 cm (4 5/8 in.); Max Diam: 8.4 cm (3 3/8 in.); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
MediumMosaic-glass technique. Assembled from sections of cane and blown; rotary-polished on the rim.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1478
Not on View
DescriptionThis tall bottle was made using the mosaic-glass technique, assembled from sections of cane and free-blown, then rotary-polished on the rim. It is formed from translucent golden-brown glass with opaque white canes. The bottle has an almost horizontal rim that slopes obliquely inward with a rounded edge, a tall cylindrical neck with a slight downward taper, and a broad, straight-sided conical body with its widest point just above the base. The bottom is slightly concave. A marbled mosaic pattern of large, irregular opaque white parallel lines and zigzags runs through the golden-brown ground. Five sections of cane make up the vessel’s decoration.
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. 609, p. 339-340, repr. (col.) p. 239, ill. p. 432.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 30, fig. 7A, repr. (col.) p. 31.
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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