Flask

Bottle

Object Number:

MS5005

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Syria

Date Made:

mid 1st c. AD

Early Date:

Late Date:

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Glass

Technique:

Blown
Threading

Description:

Perfume Bottle; cobalt blue with white threads. Very slight iridescence. Blown bright blue glass. Delicate spirals of white thread decoration around body, to base which tapers to a point.

Height:

16.7cm

Outside Diamater:

3.3cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem

Other Number:

GL08 (ancient glass project)

Other Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998)

Roman World (15 Mar 2003)

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 115, fig. 103

[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1997. Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (I). : Page/Fig./Plate: 30

[Article] Fleming, Stuart J. 1996. "Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum". Expedition. 38 (2): 13-37. : Page/Fig./Plate: 22

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