Saddleflask

86-35-54

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 86-35-54
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Syro-Palestine (uncertain)
Period Roman Period
Date Made 300-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Green glass double-balsamarium/saddleflask. Twin inverted conical-misshapened-bodies; narrowing neck; flaired rolled rim; applied thin handle (2) at each neck. Spiralling thread decoration runs over both bodies. One handle broken. Some irridescence.

Height 11 cm
Credit Line Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985
Other Number GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number

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