Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
Colorless with green tinge and purple streaks; handles in same color.
Thick, tubular rim folded out, over, and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; narrow, flattened bottom with traces of pontil scar; two rod handles attached to side of body over diaphragm in large, claw pads, drawn up and trailed off on top of rim.
Intact; many pinprick and some elongated bubbles, blowing striations; dulling, pitting, brilliant iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, some encrustation and weathering on interior.
Thick, tubular rim folded out, over, and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; narrow, flattened bottom with traces of pontil scar; two rod handles attached to side of body over diaphragm in large, claw pads, drawn up and trailed off on top of rim.
Intact; many pinprick and some elongated bubbles, blowing striations; dulling, pitting, brilliant iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, some encrustation and weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: Other: 4 9/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/16 in. (11.5 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.897
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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