Animal Flask
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Animal Flask
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date5th-6th century
DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.65 cm); L: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
MediumBlown glass, with applied and tooled decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2047
Not on View
DescriptionColorless body; applied light green and dark greenish-blue decoration; shape of a dromedary with dark greenish-blue ears and tail; colorless bottle on back of dromedary with dark greenish-blue thread at neck; lower part of bottle surrounded by net decoration, dark greenish-blue at top, light green at bottom.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolph M., "Ancient and New Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum News, Spring 1961, New Series, vol. 4, no. 2 (Also published as Ancient and Near Eastern Glass).5th-6th century
6th-8th century
5th-6th century
Possibly 7th-8th century
4th-6th century CE
3rd-6th century
4th-5th century
Late fourth to early fifth century
4th century CE
7th-10th century
4th century CE
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