Flask
Bottle
| Object Number: | MS5005 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Syria |
| Date Made: | mid 1st c. CE |
| Early Date: | 50 |
| Late Date: | 99 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Glass |
| Technique: | Blown Threading |
| Height: | 16.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number: | GL08 (ancient glass project) - Other Number 2562 - Other Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 115, fig. 103 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1997. Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (I).. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 30, pl. 44 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Fleming, Stuart J. 1996. "Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 38. no. 2. pg. 13-37 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22, fig. 15A,B | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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