CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

The body of the present bottle is constructed from a two-part mold divided into six panels, each containing a different object associated with Dionysus: a wreath or crown of olives, a footed amphora with high arching handles, a convex circular object with a rim (perhaps a patera or tympanum), a shepherd's crook or strigil, a spouted footed jug, and a conical boss with radiate markings (perhaps a shield). For a discussion of the type and its association with Dionysian rituals, see p. 140 in E.M. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art: Roman Mold-Blown Glass. For a similar example, see no. 43 in Stern, op. cit.