Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate 2nd to mid-3rd century
DimensionsH: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Max Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.65 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.613
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass.
Natural light bluish-green; flared, folded rim; neck widens toward shoulder, neck constricted slightly at juncture with body; bell shaped body.
The resemblance of this vessel shape to a modern candlestick has resulted in this type of Roman vessel being called a "candlestick unguentarium."
No pontil mark.
Broad tubular rim, outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall neck with a slight upward taper and a constriction at its base. Bell-shaped body about one-fifth of the total height. Recessed flat bottom.
Transparent natural pale green.
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
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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