Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateProbably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Max Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.624
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass.
Transparent natural green.
Free-blowns and tooled; no pontil mark.
Broad rim, outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and roughly flattened. Tall, cylindrical neck with a tooling mark at its base. Bell-shaped body less than one-quarter of the total height. Recessed flat bottom.
Mid-2nd to early 3rd century
Probably mid-2nd to early 3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
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
Late second to mid-third century
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