Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine
DateLate 1st to mid-2nd century
DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Max Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.604
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass.
Transparent natural green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall, thick tapering neck with constriction at its base. Large bulbous body about one-third of the total height, with its largest diameter below the middle. Flat bottom.
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late first century to mid-second century
Late first to mid-second century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably late first to mid-second century
Probably first half of second century
Probably first half of second century
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