Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate first century to mid-second century
DimensionsH: 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Max Diam: 3 1/2 in. (9.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.775
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Transparent natural green glass.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened to form a brim. Tall thick tapering neck with constriction at its base. Large bulbous body, about one-third of the total height, with the largest diameter at its middle. Flat bottom.
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late first to mid-second century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably late first to mid-second century
Probably first half of second century
Probably first half of second century
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