Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginRoman Levant
Datelate 1st-mid 2nd century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 5 3/16 × 1 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (13.2 × 2.9 × 6.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.46
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles in the body.
Free-blown and tooled, no pontil mark.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall, thick tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Large bulbous body about one-third total of the total height, with the largest diameter at its middle. Flat bottom.
Transparent natural light olive.
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late first to mid-second century
Late first century to mid-second century
Late 1st to mid-2nd 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
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