双面瓶
- 東地中海地域あるいはイタリア
- ４世紀
- ガラス
2分割の型に、赤紫半透明ガラスを吹き込んで成形した瓶で、底型なしと思われる。額の上には1本の線が走り、その上に丸い点が浮き出している。眉間にしわをよせているのか、複雑な起伏があり、釣り上がった眉、飛び出した目、への字形の口で、顔の両側には葉形の文様が付いている。首の両側から喉まで線が浮き出し、中央に丸い玉のような部分があることから、首に蛇を巻いたメドゥーサの顔ではないかとも考えられる。底にはポンテ跡が斜めに割れて飛び出し、不安定である。香油などを入れたものであろう。
Catalogue Entry
This bottle was blown from semi-translucent reddish purple glass and then formed in a two-part mold. It is thought that there was no bottom mold. A single line runs around the forehead and a round dot stands out above the line. A complex protrusion that could be wrinkles between his eyebrows, which are tilted up, his eyes are tipped up, and his mouth forms an inverted triangular line. Leaf-shaped decorations are attached to both sides of the face. The neck has raised lines from both sides to the throat, and there seems to be a round, jewel-like form in the center, which has led to the suggestion that this is Medusa with a snake wrapped around her neck. The base that a pontil mark which is cut off at a diagonal but still protrudes and makes the bottle unstable. This bottle was probably used for perfumed oils.