Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine
DateLate second to mid-3rd century
DimensionsH: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Diam (body): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1092
Not on View
DescriptionThis vessel is formed of medium thick glass, colorless with a yellow tinge, and is transparent. It was free-blown and tooled with no pontil mark visible. The broad tubular rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. The tall cylindrical neck shows a tool mark at its base and widens slightly toward the shoulder. The large bell-shaped body, which makes up less than one-third of the total height, ends in a concave bottom. On the exterior of the body, there is a shallow wheel-cut groove positioned about 1.8 cm below the neck. The overall form resembles a modern candlestick, which gives this vessel type its name: candlestick unguentarium
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29,2010-January 8, 2012.
First half of 3rd century CE
First half of 3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably 2nd century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
2nd-4th century
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