Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Chubby Childlike Faces

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Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Chubby Childlike Faces

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, Possibly Syro-Palestinian

DateProbably early third century

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm);
H Body: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm);
Max Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm);
Diam Rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm);
Diam Base (nose to nose): 1 3/8 in. (3.43 cm)

MediumRim and upper portion of neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, probably open at the base (MCT IX).

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.518

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DescriptionTransparent pale olive (10 Y 6/2). Medium thin glass. Numerous vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Black specks. Mold seams concealed in hair at junction of heads. No mold seam on underside of base. Relief moderately indistinct. No pontil mark. Trefoil mouth, aligned approximately with mold seams. Hollow rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tubular neck, with constriction just below center of neck. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flat base. Transparent pale olive (10 Y 6/2). Rim and upper portion of neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, probably open at the base (MCT IX). Mold seams concealed in hair at junction of heads. No mold seam on underside of base. Relief moderately indistinct. No pontil mark. Trefoil mouth, aligned approximately with mold seams. Hollow rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tubular neck, with constriction just below center of neck. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flat base. For description see Cat. No. 150.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 151, pp. 234-235.

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