bottle
Object NameBottle
Made FromGlass
Date175-225
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Syro-Palestine; possibly Rhineland
TechniqueBlown (two gathers), trailed, tooled
SizeOverall H: 20.1 cm, W (max): 10.3 cm
Accession Number53.1.104
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBottle. Almost colorless glass, with pale green tint, with trails of same color; blown, trailed, tooled. Disk-shaped body. Rim tubular, neck cylindrical, tapering slightly at top and widening at bottom and merging with wall; stem short and solid; foot low and conical, with folded tubular edge; pontil mark roughly circular. On upper neck, single trail wound spirally in 5 revolutions. On body, decoration of trails, flattened and corrugated: on each flat side, off-center to left, cordate leaf with central vein and 4 curling lateral veins, 2 of which have expanded ends and 2 do not; on each narrow side, single trail extending from near bottom to shoulder, where it turns and descends to near bottom, making narrow inverted V. Glass contains very small bubbles.Provenance
Source
Jacques Seligman & Co.
- 1953-07-09
