Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateProbably first half of second century
DimensionsH: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Max Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.606
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Horizontally elongated bubbles in body and vertically elongated bubbles in the neck.
Transparent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Broad rim outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward and flattened. Tall, crooked slightly concave neck with toolmark at its base. Small bulbous body one-seventh of the total height with greatest diameter at the bottom. Flat bottom with a depression at its center.
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late first to mid-second century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Probably second century
2nd-3rd century CE
Probably late first to mid-second century
200-250 CE
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