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Glass flask

2nd–3rd century CE
Not on view
Colorless with greenish tinge, with same color trail.
Rim folded round and in; funnel-shaped mouth; short, concave neck; squat, bulbous body; kick in bottom, with traces of encircling pontil.
Trail evenly wound in a spiral from below rim around neck and body.
Intact, except for crack in rim and mouth, and part of trail missing around neck; many bubbles; brown, enamel-like weathering and some iridescence.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass flask
  • Period: Mid or Late Imperial
  • Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
  • Dimensions: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
    Other: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
    Diam. of rim: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.35
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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