Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Not on view
Colorless with yellow tinge.
Outsplayed rim; tall, cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; elongated body with concave-curving side; rounded bottom with small pontil scar.
On body, eight irregular small indents below shoulder.
Broken at rim with most of rim missing, but rest of body intact; some large round and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: Glass fusiform bottle
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions: H.: 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.207
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
