Glass rectangular bottle

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green, with same color handles. Rim folded out, down, round, and in, and pressed flat on top around mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; horizontal shoulder with rounded, sloping corners; flat, vertical sides; concave bottom with large circular pontil mark; two broad strap handles, tooled into three ribs on outer surface, attached to outer edge of shoulder on short sides, drawn up vertically, turned in at right angle and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim. Molded decoration on bottom comprising a large lozenge enclosing the letters PAVI in retrograde in relief. One large hole in top of body and part of one handle missing with weathered breaks; dulling, iridescence, and thick limy encrustation on exterior; areas of soil encrustation, weathering, and iridescence on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881