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Piriform Bottle (Unguentarium)
Once known artist1st century CE
The Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Opaque white, translucent light green, and translucent dark green bands.
Fabric cannot be determined because of extreme weathering.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Made from pre-formed colored rods visible on both interior and exterior.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with tool mark at its base. Piriform body, more than two-thirds of total height. Flattened base with slight depression in center.
Spiraling color bands from center of base to rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 28 A.
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Details
- Title: Piriform Bottle (Unguentarium)
- Creator: Once known artist
- Date Created: 1st century CE
- Physical Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
- Location Created: Syro-Palestine
- Physical Dimensions: H: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
- Type: Glass
- Rights: https://toledomuseum.org/collection/image-resources/
- External Link: Toledo Museum of Art
- Medium: Glass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
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