Glass flask with two handles
Translucent pale green; handles in same color.
Rim folded down, round, and up, with beveled outer lip; short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; convex shoulder curving downward; straight, tapering sides to body, turned out to form integral base ring with slight concave bottom; two claw handles applied to shoulder, drawn up and round, then trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim.
Badly cracked around body, with one hole in side below handle; few bubbles; dulling, faint pitting, and creamy weathering with iridescence.
Rim folded down, round, and up, with beveled outer lip; short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; convex shoulder curving downward; straight, tapering sides to body, turned out to form integral base ring with slight concave bottom; two claw handles applied to shoulder, drawn up and round, then trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim.
Badly cracked around body, with one hole in side below handle; few bubbles; dulling, faint pitting, and creamy weathering with iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask with two handles
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, Cypriot
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Other: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.108
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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