Glass flask
Translucent pale blue-green; trail in same color.
Thickened and rounded rim; flaring mouth; short, funnel-shaped neck; tall conical body, then turned in sharply to integral, low, solid base ring; flat bottom with low kick at center and part of a pontil scar.
At top of body, a thin trail applied as a small pad and then wound more than three times round and up in an irregular spiral.
Intact; some large and elongated bubbles, and a few white impurities; dulling, iridescent weathering, and some soil encrustation on exterior, thicker weathering, brilliant iridescence, and encrustation on interior.
Thickened and rounded rim; flaring mouth; short, funnel-shaped neck; tall conical body, then turned in sharply to integral, low, solid base ring; flat bottom with low kick at center and part of a pontil scar.
At top of body, a thin trail applied as a small pad and then wound more than three times round and up in an irregular spiral.
Intact; some large and elongated bubbles, and a few white impurities; dulling, iridescent weathering, and some soil encrustation on exterior, thicker weathering, brilliant iridescence, and encrustation on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.289
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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