Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Translucent honey brown and opaque white.
Thick, flaring rim with beveled upper edge; tall cylindrical neck, expanding downward; ovoid body, tapering to solid pedestal base with concave side and flat bottom.
Onyx mosaic pattern formed from large, irregularly shaped sections of a single cane in a brown ground with multiple white spiral and zigzag threads, drawn up in a twisted spiral on neck.
Broken and repaired, with some minor chips and cracks, and one area of fill on rim and upper neck, and another on lower body and upper part of base; pitting of surface bubbles and faint iridescence.
Rotary grinding marks on exterior.

This bottle marks a transitional stage in the production of closed forms in glass—from the core-formed and cast vessels of the Hellenistic world to the ubiquitous blown glass of the Roman Empire.