Flask
Flask
Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Dateabout 10th century
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumCut glass, probably from a blown rectangular blank.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2147
Not on View
DescriptionLight green; conical neck; bottom of neck with four square motifs; rectangular body; groove around middle of body; each corner cut away above and below groove, leaving points at either end of cut; each side with two vertical cuts above groove; bottom cut to form four long, pointed feet. The resemblance of this type of flask to human teeth has resulted in them being called "molar flasks."
about 9th-10th century
9th Century ?
Possibly 7th-8th century
Late second to mid-third century
Third century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
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