Glass flask

Unknown

3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless. Plain, ground rim; funnel-shaped neck, with horizontal indent around base; piriform body; small, slightly concave bottom. On neck and body, bands of horizontal cut lines, arranged singly, in pairs, and in groups; three bands on neck and six on body. Body complete, but broken on neck, with part of rim and neck missing, and some internal cracks in body; pinprick and elongated bubbles, and blowing striations; patches of soil encrustation, milky weathering, and iridescence on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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