Bottle

Flask

MS5581

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5581
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 200-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Flask, four-handled, green/amber, blue trails. Base broken. Disc base, pulled ovoid body, long neck, flared mouth, rim, double looped threaded handles attached at neck and shoulder. Handles dark green, end in dragged decoration down body, trailed spiral on neck. Glass: thin, light green, faint iridescence.

Height 19.5 cm
Outside Diameter 5.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number GL17 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number

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