Glass flask
Colorless.
Plain, ground rim; funnel-shaped neck, with horizontal indent around base; piriform body; small, slightly concave bottom.
On neck and body, bands of horizontal cut lines, arranged singly, in pairs, and in groups; three bands on neck and six on body.
Body complete, but broken on neck, with part of rim and neck missing, and some internal cracks in body; pinprick and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; patches of soil encrustation, milky weathering, and iridescence on interior.
Plain, ground rim; funnel-shaped neck, with horizontal indent around base; piriform body; small, slightly concave bottom.
On neck and body, bands of horizontal cut lines, arranged singly, in pairs, and in groups; three bands on neck and six on body.
Body complete, but broken on neck, with part of rim and neck missing, and some internal cracks in body; pinprick and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; patches of soil encrustation, milky weathering, and iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1265
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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