Glass bottle

Unknown

5th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent yellow green; handles and trail in translucent turquoise blue. Outsplayed rim, folded over and in, with beveled outer edge; cylindrical neck, tooled in at base; elongated, slender piriform body; tubular base ring made by folding; pushed-in bottom with thick pontil scar; two rod handles applied as long trails on sides of body, drawn up to just below junction with neck, then drawn out, up, and in as loops, and pressed onto lower part of neck over trail. The handle trails are decorated with numerous, irregular, tooled notches; a single trail applied under bottom of one handle and wound up in a spiral almost seven times around neck, ending on rim. Intact, except for sections of trail around neck; some pinprick bubbles and prominent blowing striations; patches of thick creamy brown weathering and iridescence. With applied threads.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Elias Kempner, 1934