Glass flask decorated with intersecting circles

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Unworked, knocked-off rim; short cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder, above tall concave collar; spherical body; projecting rounded edge to base with flat bottom; no pontil mark. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections, extending to bottom of collar, joined to a shallow, disk-shaped base section. On body, sunken relief design of nine interlocking circles with a dot at the center of each circle, bordered above and below by a double row of smaller dots; on bottom, two raised circles, the outer one faint and thinner, around a small central knob. Intact, except for chips around rim; some bubbles; patchy weathering and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917