Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
Translucent blue green; handles and trail in same color.
Rounded rim; broad funnel-shaped neck; slender, piriform body; conical tubular foot, made by folding; small, slightly convex bottom; one handle applied in a claw pad to top of body, drawn round horizontally, forming trail-like ring, then turned up and out, tooled in sharply and trailed onto underside of rim with horizontal pinched projection, and ending slightly above rim; the other handle then applied on opposite side of body over the ring, drawn up and out, tooled in sharply and trailed onto underside of rim with fold ending slightly above rim.
On body and extending over neck, nine regular ribs that swirl down from left to right, fading towards the bottom.
Intact; few bubbles; deep pitting, iridescence, creamy brown weathering, and soil encrustation on inside around bottom of neck.
Rounded rim; broad funnel-shaped neck; slender, piriform body; conical tubular foot, made by folding; small, slightly convex bottom; one handle applied in a claw pad to top of body, drawn round horizontally, forming trail-like ring, then turned up and out, tooled in sharply and trailed onto underside of rim with horizontal pinched projection, and ending slightly above rim; the other handle then applied on opposite side of body over the ring, drawn up and out, tooled in sharply and trailed onto underside of rim with fold ending slightly above rim.
On body and extending over neck, nine regular ribs that swirl down from left to right, fading towards the bottom.
Intact; few bubbles; deep pitting, iridescence, creamy brown weathering, and soil encrustation on inside around bottom of neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a dip mold and tooled
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/8in. (13.7cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.21.196
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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