Bottle in the Shape of a Date

Ancient Roman

2nd century

Medium

Glass, mold-blown technique

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

8 × 3.8 cm (3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.); Diam.: 3.8 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Culture

Syria

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Credit line

Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Glass
• Food and drink
• 2nd century
• Syria
• Orange