Bell-shaped Flask
Bell-shaped Flask
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originpossibly from Hauran, Roman Syria
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
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small, vertically elongated bubbles in the neck and body.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Outsplayed tubular rim at an angle; rim rolled inward, but not flattened. Tall, thick tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Small bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of the total height. Concave bottom.
Transparent natural pale green.
2nd-4th century CE
Probably First Half of Third Century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late second to mid-third century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
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