Bottle with Six Facets Depicting Birds and Plants
Artist/Culture
Roman
Dateabout 50 CE
Mediumclear glass
Dimensions7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number1905.6
DescriptionWide band around body divided into six panels by architectural fragments of columns and pediments; single bird appears in each panel. Shoulder ribs; gadroons (ribs at base), common to most early 1st-century mold-blown vessels, form transition between the central band and the base. Probably mid-1st century AD. From Old Troad.ProvenancePurchase from Frank Calvert; from the Troad
On View
On view
late 1700s-early 1800s
