Bulbous Flask
Bulbous Flask
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate first to mid-second century
DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. L. Schinasi
Object number
1930.32
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick and small spherical bubbles in the body.
Transparent natural pale green glass.
Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark.
Rim outsplayed horizontally, folded inward, and flattened. Tall, tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Large bulbous body about one-third of the total height, with largest diameter at its middle. Flat bottom.
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Late first century to mid-second century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century
Probably late first to mid-second century
Probably second century
Probably first half of second century
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission