Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateProbably late first to mid-second century
DimensionsH: 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Max Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1094
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Vertical bubbles in the neck.
Transparent to translucent natural pale green.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Tubular rim, triangular in cross section, folded inward, and flattened. Tall, tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Large bulbous body more than one-quarter of total height with its greatest diameter at the middle. Flat bottom.
On the exterior at the middle of the body, a broad, shallow horizontal wheel-cut groove.
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late second to mid-third century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
Late first to mid-second century
2nd-4th century
Late first century to mid-second century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
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