Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with blue tinge and translucent purple; handles and trail also colorless. Rim folded out, over, and in, with deep, horizontal tooling indent below on one side; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; small, flattened bottom; two rod handles attached to side of body over diaphragm and trail decoration in large, claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in, and trailed off on top of rim. Single fine trail wound in a spiral twelve times around body from bottom to rim. Intact, except for losses to part of trail; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and creamy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891