Glass lentoid flask
Translucent pale green, with same color handles, base, and trails.
Rounded, thickened rim; funnel-shaped mouth joining imperceptibly with tall, cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward to globular lentoid body; applied small circular pad base made by coiling, with pontil scar on bottom; two rod handles applied at sides of lentoid body, drawn upward and curved inward, and attached at mid-point of neck over trail.
Single fine trail wound in a spiral around neck, ending on underside of mouth.
Intact, but lower part of trail missing; some pinprick bubbles in body, many elongated bubbles and some black impurities in handles; some dulling and small areas of pitting, iridescence and creamy brown weathering.
Rounded, thickened rim; funnel-shaped mouth joining imperceptibly with tall, cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward to globular lentoid body; applied small circular pad base made by coiling, with pontil scar on bottom; two rod handles applied at sides of lentoid body, drawn upward and curved inward, and attached at mid-point of neck over trail.
Single fine trail wound in a spiral around neck, ending on underside of mouth.
Intact, but lower part of trail missing; some pinprick bubbles in body, many elongated bubbles and some black impurities in handles; some dulling and small areas of pitting, iridescence and creamy brown weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass lentoid flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Other: 6 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (15.9 × 8.2 cm)
Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.492
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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