Dromedary Flask

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Dromedary Flask

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date6th-8th century

DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.05 cm); L: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumBlown glass, with applied and tooled decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2049

Not on View

DescriptionPurple body and applied decoration; double cylinder on its back forms container; small handle on side of one cylinder; lower two-thirds of cylinder decorated with applied spiral thread.

Exhibition HistoryAnn Arbor, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Wondrous Glass, 1982, no. 2, p. 40.

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