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

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glass

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

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