Animal Flask

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date5th-6th century

DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm); L: 3 in. (7.7 cm)

MediumBlown glass, with applied and tooled decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2048

Not on View

DescriptionLight green body; light green and purple applied decoration; shape of a dromedary with purple ears and tail; light bottle on back of dromedary with purple thread at neck; net decoration surrounding bottle, with purple at top and bottom; light green in center.

Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., "The Complexities of Ancient Glass," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, repr. fig. 9, p. 431.

Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, p. 35, fig. 22.

Art in Glass, a Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, OH, 1969, repr. p. 36.

Exhibition HistorySteuben Glass, New York, N.Y. 1982.

Corning Museum of Glass, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, Glass of the Sultans, 2001-2002, no. 30, p. 112-14, repr. (col.) [not in Athens].