Glass flask in the shape of a pine cone

Unknown

2nd half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent light green. Plain everted rim; short cylindrical neck; pushed-in shoulder; elongated body with convex side tapering to thick, pointed bottom. Two mold seams run down sides of body. Body decorated with ten overlapping rows of teardrop-shaped knobs, perhaps intended to represent a pine cone. Intact; dulling, whitish iridescent weathering, and soil encrustation on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917