Bell-Shaped Flask
Bell-Shaped Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate 2nd to mid-3rd century
DimensionsH: 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.626
Not on View
DescriptionNatural light green; wide, flat, folded rim; neck widens slightly at shoulder, neck constricted at juncture with body; bell shaped body; underside of body concave. The resemblance of this vessel shape to a modern candlestick has resulted in this type of Roman vessel being called a "candlestick Unguentarium."
Transparent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Broad hollow rim, outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and roughly 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.
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
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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