Saddleflask
| Object Number: | 86-35-53 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Syro-Palestine (uncertain) |
| Period: | Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 400-499 CE |
| Early Date: | 400 |
| Late Date: | 499 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Glass |
| Technique: | Blown |
| Height: | 26.9 cm |
| Width: | 5.6 cm |
| Depth: | 7.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
| Other Number: | GL14 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
Description
Blue-green glass double-balsamarium/saddleflask. Pontil of base; twin concave cylindrical bodies encircled by threading; rolled rims. Elaborate handle consisting of 2 alternating paired arches capped with a single suspension handle. Trailing ribbon decoration from each handle/rim join (4) to base.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| New Acquisition: Vaux Glass Collection (1988) | 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:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 79, no. 116 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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