Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
Date2nd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); Max Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.607
Not on View
DescriptionThis bell-shaped flask is made of transparent natural pale green glass. It was free-blown and tooled, and no pontil mark is visible. The glass is thin and contains numerous vertically elongated bubbles in the neck. The rim is broad, hollow, and horizontally outsplayed, folded inward, and roughly flattened. The tall neck is concave and tapers toward the base with a constriction at its junction with the body. The small bell-shaped body forms about one-fifth of the vessel’s total height and sits on a recessed flat bottom.
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
First half of 3rd century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Mid-2nd to early 3rd century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
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