Glass two-handled bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue; handles in same color. Everted rim, folded down, round, and in; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; ovoid body; concave bottom; two rod handles applied to side of neck, drawn up, round, down, and in in a curving loop, and pressed on to base of neck and top of body with flat pad and sliced off edge. Intact; many bubbles, with a few very large; little weathering on exterior, patches of faint weathering and iridescence on interior. Blown, blue, two added handled.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917