Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate 2nd to mid-3rd century
DimensionsH: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); Max Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.610
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass.
Transparent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Outsplayed rim at an angle, presumably with rim folded inward. Tall, thick tapering neck with constriction at its base. Small bell-shaped body less than one-quarter of the total height. Concave bottom.
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably First Half of Third Century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late second to mid-third century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
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