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bottle

Object NameBottle

Made FromGlass

Date1-299

TechniqueMold-blown, ground, wheel-incised

SizeOverall H: 20.2 cm, W: 8.6 cm; Base Diam: 5.7 cm

Accession Number66.1.39

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

Glass of the Caesars

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown into mold; rim ground; wheel inclusions on neck, shoulder. Cylindrical bottle with narrow neck; rim ground; neck expands towards shoulder, the narrows; two pairs of wheel incisions on neck; sloping shoulder with pair concentric wheel incisions; tapering cylindrical body formed in four-piece mold; pushed-in base. Decorated in relief with indistinct male standing figures separated by fluted columns: (1) naked, with horns, legs and feet of goat; (2) male, kilted, carrying wineskin; (3) naked; left arm raised: right arm lowered, vessel in right hand; jar beside left leg; seated animal beside right leg.
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