Glass bottle shaped like a date

Unknown

mid-1st–early 2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent yellowish brown, appearing darker around bottom. Uneve, everted rim folded round and flattened into mouth; cylindrical neck with concave sides; elongated body, lentoid in cross section; round, thick-walled bottom. One continuous mold seam around body. Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of long wavy ridges and hollows. Broken and repaired around upper body, with hole on one sdie; dulling, pitting, patches of whitish weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st–early 2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917