Glass flask
Translucent purple.
Rounded, slightly everted rim with hollow, folded flange below; cylindrical neck with slightly S-shaped profile and deep horizontal tooling indent around base; almost horizontal shoulder; squat bulbous body, curving in downward; small, slightly pushed-in bottom with central pontil indent.
On body, two uneven rows of pinched-out knobs.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and prominent blowing striations; pitting, creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence, with some soil encrustation on interior.
Rounded, slightly everted rim with hollow, folded flange below; cylindrical neck with slightly S-shaped profile and deep horizontal tooling indent around base; almost horizontal shoulder; squat bulbous body, curving in downward; small, slightly pushed-in bottom with central pontil indent.
On body, two uneven rows of pinched-out knobs.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and prominent blowing striations; pitting, creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence, with some soil encrustation on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.234
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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