143. Pear-shaped Perfume Bottle

3D Model

Description: Piriform bottle has an in-folded rim that is uneven in depth and that overhangs the diameter of the neck. The rim has been flattened parallel to the base. The cylindrical neck expands smoothly into the body which leads to a flat base. There is no palpable pontil mark. The glass is thick and finely pitted.

Date: 1st century AD

Measurements (cm): H: 16.0 W: 3.5 – 9.5

References: Auth, Susan H. 1976. Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum from the Eugene Schaefer Collection of Antiquities. Pp. 135.

Isreali, Yael. 2003. Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts. Pp. 268, no. 357.

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