Catalogue Entry
From the Catalogue of听Ancient Glass in the University of Colorado Museum
Gift of H. Medill Sarkisian and听Justine Sarkisian Rodriguez (1979)
(2008)
Height: 17.0 cm
Diameter (max.): 7.1听cm
Roman, 3rd to 4th century C.E.
Classification:听Isings Form 103;听Harden Fabric 4
Description: Tall, narrow funnel neck with unworked rim. Base of neck slightly rounded and then constricted at shoulder. Globular body with flat base.听听obscures original color. Much flaking. Some weathering on body from a bad metal mount.听Blown, perhaps in two pieces.听
Comment: This form generally has an unworked rim, but some examples (von Saldern 1980, no. 156听and Whitehouse 1997, no. 311) do have small lips. Other bottles with unworked rims are Clairmont 1963,听nos. 543, 544, and 546-9听and Hayes 1975, nos. 288, 289, and 541. An especially colorful version is Stern 2001, no. 129.
References
- Clairmont, C. W.听The Excavations at Dura-Europos Final Report IV,听pt. V: The Glass Vessels.听Locust Valley, N.Y: J. J. Augustin, 1963.
- Hayes, J. W.听Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum.听Toronto:听1975.
- Stern, E. M.听Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass: 10 BCE-700 CE: The Ernesto Wolf Collection.听Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2001.
- von Saldern, A.听Ancient and Byzantine Glass from Sardis.听Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,听1980.
- Whitehouse, D.听Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, v. 1.听Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass, 1997.