Glass flask
Translucent pale green; trails and pontil pad in translucent turquoise blue.
Slightly thickened, rounded, vertical rim; slender funnel-shaped neck; elongated piriform body; splayed, tubular foot, made by folding; small, convex bottom with central hollow containing pontil pad; four handles applied as long vertical trails, evenly spaced around body, drawn up to top of body, then tooled out into three vertical loops, and trailed off on neck towards rim.
On neck, single trail applied as a round pad below rim and wound round in an irregular spiral ten times; handles applied over spiral trail, with long trails decorated with tooled notches.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling, soil encrusted root marks covering body, and patches of iridescent weathering on handles.
Slightly thickened, rounded, vertical rim; slender funnel-shaped neck; elongated piriform body; splayed, tubular foot, made by folding; small, convex bottom with central hollow containing pontil pad; four handles applied as long vertical trails, evenly spaced around body, drawn up to top of body, then tooled out into three vertical loops, and trailed off on neck towards rim.
On neck, single trail applied as a round pad below rim and wound round in an irregular spiral ten times; handles applied over spiral trail, with long trails decorated with tooled notches.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling, soil encrusted root marks covering body, and patches of iridescent weathering on handles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass flask
- Period: Late Imperial or Early Byzantine
- Date: 4th–6th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum accession
- Object Number: X.21.204
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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