Candlestick Unguentarium (Domed-shaped Flask)
Candlestick Unguentarium (Domed-shaped Flask)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateLate 1st-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm);
Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm);
Body Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm);
Body Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.618
Not on View
DescriptionVery thin glass.
Transparent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled;l no pontil mark.
Broad outsplayed rim (at an angle), rolled inward, and flattened. Tall, thick tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Dome-shaped body about one-quarter of the total height. Recessed flat bottom.
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably first half of second century
Probably first half of second century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Mid-2nd to early 3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
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