Object Image

Glass globular bottle

Colorless with light green tinge.

Vertical ground rim; cylindrical neck with slightly concave profile; globular body; round bottom, slightly flattened at center.

Deep-cut geometric decoration: on neck, two horizontal grooves below rim and a band of seven close-set horizontal grooves at mid-point; on body, at top and bottom, a pair of horizontal concentric grooves, two pairs of horizontal grooves above and below mid-point of side, and a pattern of 32 overlapping circles covering most of side.

Intact, but with minor internal cracks and surface chips; some pinprick bubbles; slight pitting and weathering on exterior, patches of whitish iridescent weathering on interior.

Credit: Gift of J. Pierp...

3rd–4th century A.D.
Glass; blown and cut
15.0 x 15.0cm
17.194.317
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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