Glass bottle

Unknown

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

Translucent deep green, streaked with red; trails in opaque white. Rim slightly everted and partially turned into mouth, flattened on top; tall, slender neck with slightly concave profile and horizontal tooled indent around the base; squat, biconical body; small bottom, slightly concave at center. A thick single trail applied around edge of rim and flattened across top of rim; another trail applied around mid-point on neck as a coil, forming a thin projecting disk; a third trail applied to bottom edge of body as an outsplayed base ring. Intact; bubbles and some gritty inclusions; dulling, surface pitting of bubbles, and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917