Bottle

Flask

86-35-62

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 86-35-62
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Syro-Palestine (uncertain)
Period Roman Period
Date Made 100-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Green and blue glass bottle. Green - trumpet foot with pontil on concave base; lop-sided ellipsoid body; slightly pinched body/neck joint; cylindircal neck; outcurving rim. Blue thread applied to rim and lower neck. Pair of handles with trailing ribbon on sides. Some irridescense.

Height 21.2 cm
Width 7.3 cm
Depth 5.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985
Other Number GL17 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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