Glass globular bottle

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Rounded, slightly outsplayed, vertical rim, with hollow horizontal flange below, made by folding; slender cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; pushed-in shoulder; broad globular body; concave bottom. Intact; few bubbles; creamy weathering and iridescence. Large, globular, with long neck, colored blown glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917