Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
Translucent blue green; handles and trail in same color.
Rim folded over and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; pontil mark on, large thick, flattened bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body over trail decoration in claw pads, drawn up and outwards, then turned in, and trailed onto edge of rim with small projecting thumb rests above.
Single trail applied to lower body, and wound up in an irregular spiral sixteen times to rim.
Body intact, but parts of trail missing; a few bubbles; some dulling and iridescent weathering.
Rim folded over and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; pontil mark on, large thick, flattened bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body over trail decoration in claw pads, drawn up and outwards, then turned in, and trailed onto edge of rim with small projecting thumb rests above.
Single trail applied to lower body, and wound up in an irregular spiral sixteen times to rim.
Body intact, but parts of trail missing; a few bubbles; some dulling and iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1314
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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