Glass flask

Unknown

ca. 2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Everted rim, with folded lip flattened into inside of funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; horizontal shoulder; squat, globular body; thick, slightly pushed-in bottom with pontil scar. Around lower body, two horizontal rows of irregular short pinched fins, five in upper row and four in lower. Intact; some pinprick and larger bubbles; faint dulling and iridescence on exterior, patches of brown weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881