Glass fragmentary bottle

Unknown

ca. 1st–4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with blue green tinge. Cylindrical body with sligthly convex side; thick bottom with kick and pontil scar. Broken and repaired, with only parts of lower body and bottom remianing; some pinprick and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; patches of reddish brown encrustation and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1st–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881