Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Phoenicia
DateProbably mid-first century
DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.476
Not on View
DescriptionThis mold-blown and tooled glass bottle, made of translucent royal blue glass with medium thin walls, belongs to the Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1c. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles are present in the body, while the neck contains medium to large linear bubbles.
The neck was free blown, and the body was formed using a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV). Mold seams are located between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1, meeting at the center of the flat base. Relief is moderately crisp.
The vessel features a flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward; a cylindrical neck; an ovoid body; and a low, offset base with a flat underside.
On the shoulder, six rounded arches each contain a smooth, ovoid form of uncertain identity. The body is divided into six rectangular panels by simplified columns with rudimentary bases. Each panel contains a distinct vessel: a spouted jug with a high handle to the right; a slender footed bowl with a wide mouth and two large curving handles, the opening possibly covered or filled with a semicircular mound of fruit; a footed jar with a narrow body and small handles at the shoulder; a bowl with a tall, grooved neck, oblate body, and contents in its mouth; another jug with a spout and handle to the right; and a second jar like the one previously described. Around the bottom, triangular leaves alternate with irregularly shaped ovoid fruits positioned below each column.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, cat. no. 23, pp. 121-122, color plate 6, p. 52, photographs, figs. 55 and 72.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid- to second half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably second half of first century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second quarter to mid-first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Sixth to seventh centuries
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