Saddleflask

Balsamarium

MS5107

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Israel | Palestine | Nazareth (Israel)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5107
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Israel | Palestine | Nazareth (Israel)
Period Roman Period
Date Made 5th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Double Balsamarium with elaborate double-tiered basket handles.

Slight iridescence. Bright blue greenish glass vials. Curled rim, complex towering handles elaborate applications on four sides. Thread decorations around body. Mold blown.

Height 22.4 cm
Width 6.7 cm
Depth 4.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL14 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 299 - Other Number

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