Glass bottle shaped like a date
Translucent yellowish brown.
Uneven rim folded out, round, and in, flattened on top; cylindrical neck but with projecting verical ridges from mold seam at sides; lentoid body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact, but internal cracks in lower part of body; pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior, encrustation and weathering on interior.
Uneven rim folded out, round, and in, flattened on top; cylindrical neck but with projecting verical ridges from mold seam at sides; lentoid body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact, but internal cracks in lower part of body; pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior, encrustation and weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle shaped like a date
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: mid-1st to early 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.241
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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