On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Hexagonal bottle,
1st century CE
Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1958-15
Information
Title
Hexagonal bottle
Dates
1st century CE
Medium
Transparent dark blue glass
Dimensions
h. 7.6 cm, diam. rim 2.1 cm, diam. base 2.1 cm (3 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1958-15
Place Made
Asia, Lebanon, Sidon
Description
In-folded, slightly flaring rim; cylindrical neck; hexagonal, ovoid body, blown in a three-part mold of three vertical sections; flat, slightly concave bottom. On the shoulder is an arcade of six round-topped arches, each containing a large, unidentified, dome-shaped object supported by columns. On the body, between the columns, are six vases, the shapes alternately resembling kraters and amphoras. Below the arcade are six garlands, each enclosing a bunch of grapes.
Materials
Purchased by the Museum from Mrs. Serge Cheremeteff
Hexagonal bottle with mold-blown decoration
- Frances Follin Jones, "Recent acquisitions of ancient art", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 17, no. 2 (1958): p. 46-54., fig. 1, p. 47
- "Recent Acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 18, no. 1 (1959): p. 40-42., p. 40
- Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 231 (illus.)
