Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Chubby Childlike Faces

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Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Chubby Childlike Faces

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Eastern Mediterranean, Syria or Palestine

DateProbably early third century

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.65 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown in a two part mold

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.515

Not on View

DescriptionThis early third-century Roman glass flask is shaped like two youthful faces joined back to back. Made using a mold for the body and a free-blown rim, the vessel shows carefully detailed features—arched brows, large eyes, and round cheeks.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 94, p. 50.

Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 232-233, no. 149, color pl. 26.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 112.

Puma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 118, p. 119, no. 153.

Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).

The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007-January 6, 2008 (no catalog).