Hexagonal Bottle, Masks Type, Series A
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Hexagonal Bottle, Masks Type, Series A
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateProbably second quarter of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.63 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Base Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a three-part mold, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.432
Not on View
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Published ReferencesLightfoot, Christopher S., "A Roman Glass Flask in Gazlante's Museum," Anatolian Studies, Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara XXXV, 1985, p. 124 (reprint in doc file 1923.429).
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Lightfoot, Christopher S., "A Roman Glass Flask in Gaziantep Museum," Anatolian Studies, vol. 35, 1985, p. 125, no. 17.
Lightfoot, Christopher S., "A Group of Early Roman Mold-Blown Flasks from the West," Journal of Glass Studies 29, 1987, p. 21, no. 12, fig. 7, p. 15 (incorrectly describing the panels as showing two repeated sets of three masks and the shoulder as having six radiating ribs).
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, cat. no. 42, pp. 137-138, color pl. 8, p. 53, photograph, fig. 55.
Puma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 92, repr. (col.) p. 93, fig. 49.
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably first half of first century
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