Glass flask with elaborate looped handles

Unknown

5th–6th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green; handles and trails in same color. Thick rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top; tall, slightly concave neck, with tooling indent around base; sloping shoulder; side tapering downwards and curving in to low, conical pedestal; tubular base with rounded edge, made by folding; kick in bottom with circular pontil scar; four rod handles applied in claw pads over trail decoration to middle of neck, drawn out, turned down vertically, and trailed off on top edge of body; four trails attached to handles at point where they bend down, drawn across from left to right in a large upward loop, and applied to top of next handle. Single trail applied in a small pad near base of neck, drawn up and wound round in a spiral 27 times, ending at rim. Intact; some bubbles in handles; dulling, limy encrustation, and small patches of iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th–6th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syrian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Museum Accession