Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Idealized Faces Perhaps Medusas
Double Head-shaped Flask: Two Similar Idealized Faces Perhaps Medusas
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syro-Palestinian
DateThird century
DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Diam: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumGlass; rim and 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
1923.459
Not on View
Collections
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. 153, pp. 235-236.
- Glass
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 112.
Third century
Probably early third century
Probably late second century
Probably late third or fourth century
Third century
Probably early third century
Perhaps second century
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