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Object NameTyche Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date100-299

Techniquemold-blown, reworked

SizeOverall H: 15.8 cm, W: 4.9 cm, D: 5.3 cm

Accession Number66.1.220

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish colorless glass with purple streaks; body blown in two-part mold, rim reworked. Body in form of a seated figure; rim slightly everted, folded upward and inward; short tapering neck; body in form of female figure, draped, arms folded, seated cross-legged on polygonal plinth, one foot resting on boss; on left side of plinth, Eros with arm raised, carrying torch; on right side of plinth, bow and arrow; flat base, but for ridge at meeting of mold parts, with irregular circle in low relief.
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