Glass flask
Translucent light blue.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and smoothed into top of flaring mouth; slender, cylindrical neck, expanding downward; piriform body; concave bottom.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior, more weathering on interior especially on the neck and mouth.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and smoothed into top of flaring mouth; slender, cylindrical neck, expanding downward; piriform body; concave bottom.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior, more weathering on interior especially on the neck and mouth.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.115.55
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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