Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginRome, Palestine
DateLate second to mid-third 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
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Colorless with yellow tinge; wide, flat, folded rim; long cylindrical neck, widening slightly at shoulder; hemispherical body; tooling mark just below shoulder; thick glass.
The resemblance of the shape of this type of vessel to a modern candlestick has resulted in the name "candlestick unguentarium."
Transparent glass.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Broad tubular rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Tall, cylindrical neck with a toolmark at its base. Large bell-shaped body less than one-third of the total height. Concave bottom.
On the exterior of the body, a shallow wheel-cut groove 1.8 cm below neck.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29,2010-January 8, 2012.
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably First Half of Third Century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century
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