Glass hexagonal bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Opaque white. Plain rim with slight inward lip and flattened top edge; funnel-shaped neck, with pinched tooling marks at base; ovoid body; flat bottom. On shoulder, six pointed arches, each containing a large ovoid object in high relief; on body, six rectangular panels divided by columns, each with a capital and base and each panel containing a vessel: 1. a spouted and footed jug, with high handle to right; 2. a footed bowl with two curved handles at sides and wide mouth containing indisctinct round objects (fruit?); 3. a footed, round-bodied amphora with two handles on shoulder; 4. a footed bowl with tall cylindrical neck with vertical grooves, the mouth filled with small dimpled objects (grapes?); 5. a footed jug with high handle to right; 6. a footed, round-bodied amphora with two handles on shoulder; around bottom, six fillets, each suspended from under the center of one panel to the next, enclosing alternating large and small objects (fruit?) below each column; on bottom, two raised circles and indistinct central boss. Intact, except for small hole in shoulder; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, and thick creamy weathering with faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891