Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
Colorless with greenish tinge; handles and trail in translucent turquoise blue with streaks of opaque red.
Thick rim folded out, over, and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; thick, round bottom; two rod handles attached to side of body over trail in claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in, and pressed onto edge and top of rim.
Single trail applied on body near bottom and wound up in a spiral sixteen times, ending in rim.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, one tube almost completely filled with soil encrustation, with weathering and iridescence on interior.
Colorless double vase made of a single tube with blue handles and blue glass threads.
Thick rim folded out, over, and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; thick, round bottom; two rod handles attached to side of body over trail in claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in, and pressed onto edge and top of rim.
Single trail applied on body near bottom and wound up in a spiral sixteen times, ending in rim.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, one tube almost completely filled with soil encrustation, with weathering and iridescence on interior.
Colorless double vase made of a single tube with blue handles and blue glass threads.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: H.: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.330
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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