Glass bottle with two handles

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green; handles, foot ring, and trail in same color. Thick, vertical, cracked-off rim; cylindrical neck; pushed-in shoulder; globular body; applied solid foot ring; flat bottom, slightly pushed-in at center; two three-ribbed strap handles applied to top of body in large pads with downturned fins, drawn up in a circular loop, and attached to neck and underside of collar. Broad, flat collar applied as a coil to neck at midpoint; on body, bands of faint horizontal wheel-cut lines, either as single lines or in groups. Broken and repaired, with numerous cracks and three small losses to side of body; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and creamy brown weathering, with some soil encrustation on inside of neck. Greenish, two handled bottle with handle ridge.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917