Flask

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of OriginRoman Levant

Date4th century CE

Dimensions8 3/8 × 6 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (21.2 × 15.8 × 7.8 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.50

Not on View

DescriptionThis flask (Bulbous Bottle I B 4 a) is made of transparent natural grayish green glass (5 G 5/2). It was shaped by free-blowing and tooling and has no pontil mark. The mouth is circular and flaring, with a hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The tall cylindrical neck tapers upward and shows a bulge above a constriction at its base. The shoulder slopes gently into a bulbous body with its widest point above the middle. The base is concave. The glass is thin, and fabric cannot be determined due to weathering.