Small Flask

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, (Syro-Palestinian), Ancient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.445

Not on View

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Glass

Comparative ReferencesSee also Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 103, p. 52 (A similar piece with less distinct shoulder).

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