Bell-shaped Flask
Bell-shaped Flask
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginProbably Syria, possibly from Hauran [Roman Empire]
Datelate 2nd-mid 3rd century CE
Dimensions6 1/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (15.4 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.64
Not on View
DescriptionThis bell-shaped flask (Candlestick Unguentarium CS20) is made of transparent natural pale green glass with a few small, vertically elongated bubbles in the neck and body. It was formed free-blown and tooled, without a pontil mark.
The rim is tubular and angled outward, rolled inward without flattening. A tall, thick, tapering neck ends in a constriction above the small, bell-shaped body, which makes up less than one-fifth of the overall height. The base is concave.
Late second to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
First half of 3rd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
probably 2nd century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
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