Double Head-shaped Flask: One Smiling Face, One Serious Face
Double Head-shaped Flask: One Smiling Face, One Serious Face
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syria or Palestine
DateThird century
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); H (body): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Max Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Base Diam (nose to nose): 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumRim and upper part of neck free blown. Lower part of neck and 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
1923.514
Not on View
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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. 156, pp. 237-238.
- Glass
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 112.
Third century
Third century
Probably early third century
Probably early third century
Probably late third or fourth century
Probably late second century
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