bottle
Object NameTyche Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date100-299
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
Techniquemold-blown, reworked
SizeOverall H: 15.8 cm, W: 4.9 cm, D: 5.3 cm
Accession Number66.1.220
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
