Flask
| Object Number: | MS5493 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Late Imperial Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Late Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 100-199 CE |
| Early Date: | 100 |
| Late Date: | 199 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Glass |
| Height: | 23.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 13.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number: | GL11 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number |
Description
Intact. Flaring base ring, depressed spherical body, tall narrow neck, lip rolled inward, heavy reeded ribbon handle attached at shoulder, folded at rim, squeezed off below rim. Handle and base greener than body. Glass: thin, light green at core, slight iridescence.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [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. 40, pl. 58 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Isings, Clasina. 1957. Roman Glass.. J. B. Wolters. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 104, no. 88 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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