Glass flask
Colorless with light green tinge.
Thick, outsplayed rim with beveled outer edge; concave, cylindrical neck; piriform body; applied outsplayed, hollow base ring; small, flat bottom.
Six horizontal bands of wheel-cut fine lines: narrow band on neck, then four broad bands extending down body to just below point of greatest diameter, and another narrow band on lower body.
Broken and repaired, with areas of fill and small holes; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, dulling, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
Thick, outsplayed rim with beveled outer edge; concave, cylindrical neck; piriform body; applied outsplayed, hollow base ring; small, flat bottom.
Six horizontal bands of wheel-cut fine lines: narrow band on neck, then four broad bands extending down body to just below point of greatest diameter, and another narrow band on lower body.
Broken and repaired, with areas of fill and small holes; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, dulling, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1237
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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