Glass bottle in the shape of a bunch of grapes

Unknown

ca. 3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent green. Tubular rim folded out, down, over, and up, with beveled, uneven outer lip; cylindrical neck with slight horizontal tooled indent around base; pushed-in shoulder, with hollow projecting roll below; ovoid body; low cylindrical base, with concave bottom. Pontil scar at center of bottom. Body blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections, extending from base to top of body, and a disk-shaped base section. On body, a pattern of stylized grapes comprising eleven interlocking rows of twenty-two unevenly-spaced hemispherical knobs, and at top two indistinct leaves opposite each other, centered between the mold seams; on bottom, three narrow raised concentric circles. Complete, but large hole in one side of body; elongated bubbles in neck and black impurities in rim; patches brownish soil-encrusted weathering, and some faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917