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Grape Flask

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Object Number:MS5114
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Syria
Palestine
Yebna
Period: Roman Period
Date Made: 0-199 CE
Early Date: 0
Late Date: 199
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Technique:Mould-Blown
Iconography:Grapes
Height: 12.6 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number:GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number
2751 - Other Number

Description

Mold blown clear flask in shape of grape cluster. Lilac iridescence. Enforced rim added to rim. Erect collar over base of the neck.

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
Special Exhibition: Classical and Oriental (12 Dec 1913 - 01 Nov 1915) 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. 66, no. 97; p. 78, no. 114View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1999. Roman Glass (II): Reflections on Cultural Change.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 84, pl. E.83View 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. 15, fig. 3CView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Edith H. Dec 1913. "The Graeco-Roman Section: A Collection of Antique Glass". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 4. no. 4. pg. 119-141 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 127, fig. 106View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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