Glass flask

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green. Plain, everted rim, with outward fold below; funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards; narrow, concave shoulder surrounded by circular ridge; globular body; concave bottom. Below ridge, around top of body faint indentations; on lower body, a horizontal, thickened ridge. Complete, but cracked on one side of body; few bubbles; large areas covered with soil encrusation, thick weathering, and iridescence. The vessel was blown into a dip mold, withdrawn, and (over-) inflated to the present size and shape, so that most of the mold ribbing disappeared.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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