Glass flask

Unknown

3rd–4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless, with pale greenish tinge. Plain, vertical, knocked-off rim; conical neck, with horizontal tooled indent at base; elongated piriform body; tubular, splayed foot applied to rounded bottom. Bands of horizontal wheel-abraded lines on neck and body (four on neck, six on body, unevenly spaced). Intact; few bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and large areas of creamy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917