Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (Syro-Palestinian)
Date2nd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 1/16 in. (15.35 cm);
Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm);
Body Diam: 1 5/16 in. (4.2 cm)
Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm);
Body Diam: 1 5/16 in. (4.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.612
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass.
Natural light bluish-green; flared, folded rim, rim uneven; neck widens toward shoulder, neck constricted at juncture with body; bell shaped body.
The resemblance of the shape of this type of vessel to a modern candlestick has resulted in the name "candlestick unguentarium."
Transparent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Outsplayed tubular rim, folded inward, but not flattened. Tall, slightly concave neck with a constriction at its base. Small bell-shaped body about one-fifth of the total height. Concave bottom.
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Probably First Half of Third Century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late second to mid-third century
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