Glass sprinkler flask
Translucent pale green with blue tinge.
Broad horizontal rim folded out, down, round, and in; cylindrical neck, with constriction at base; globular body; small concave bottom. Tow prominent mold seams run down sides of body.
On body, overlapping lozenge pattern of small raised knobs, indistinct at top and bottom.
Intact, except for two tiny holes in body; some bubbles; dulling, pitting of surface large bubbles, iridescence, and patches of encrusted weathering on exterior, encrustation and brilliant iridescent weathering on interior.
Broad horizontal rim folded out, down, round, and in; cylindrical neck, with constriction at base; globular body; small concave bottom. Tow prominent mold seams run down sides of body.
On body, overlapping lozenge pattern of small raised knobs, indistinct at top and bottom.
Intact, except for two tiny holes in body; some bubbles; dulling, pitting of surface large bubbles, iridescence, and patches of encrusted weathering on exterior, encrustation and brilliant iridescent weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass sprinkler flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 3 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.239
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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