Flask
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureRoman | Syrian
Date1-199 A.D.
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Base: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Base: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6776
Not on view
DescriptionFlask of mold blown manganese-purple (pale purple-brown) glass. With a mold blown pattern of a central frieze of tendrils above and below this bands of fluting. Plain round neck and a flaring folded inward rim. Attached plain handles, one bottle green and the other purple. Two part mold. Syria, possibly Sidon.Published ReferencesCorning, _Glass From the Ancient World_, pg. 61, #75, 1st century. _Glass Ammlung Helfried Krug_, pg. 76, #8. Axel von Saldern, _Ancient Glass in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston_, #33.
late 19th-early 20th c.
late 19th-early 20th c.